I find Hollywood really toxic.
It was a very meaningful ceremony and marriage means a lot to me.
People find out I’m an actress and I see that ‘whore’ look flicker across their eyes.
I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn’t care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don’t like people. It’s not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
I sometimes do worry that actors are people’s role models, you know. And doctors and teachers and people doing really important things just get paid nothing. And they put us on the cover of magazines. They should be our heroes. I find it all a bit dubious.
I’ve known Daniel since I was 22. We did a play together in London many years ago.
If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing – anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It’s so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
Sometimes I think, ‘To hell with acting,’ and then I realize I could be working at a shoe shop, acting is much cooler.
Sick of all these people talking, sick of all this noise. Tired of all these cameras flashing, sick of being poised.
In most cases being a good boss means hiring talented people and then getting out of their way.
Tell her: jealousy is a disease, die slow.
We’ve been on our peace gig, as we call it, for a year solid. And people say, ‘Do you think it’s having any effect?’ I can’t answer that. It’s like asking me in the Cavern, ‘Are you gonna make it?’ In the back of my mind I thought, I’m gonna make it, but I couldn’t lay it on the line. And I think that peace is more tangible than Beatles.
I don’t know how I feel right now.
A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he’s finished.
The joy we get as actors is out of transforming ourselves into something that’s not necessarily anything true to ourselves. And it’s a power – not being yourself, and being in the role; it’s just like another prop.
So I’ve realized that this outfit is part of Richard Petty now. And the real Richard Petty is still hidden behind these glasses.
[On how she handles people who disagree with her] I’ve learned the art of ignoring people. When people give you some piece of direction you don’t like, you just nod and ignore it. Just don’t do it! Most people want to be heard and acknowledged, anyway. Just do what you want to do.
I’ve had some pretty good experiences on everything, even if the film doesn’t always work.
I’m a sucker for those sweeping love stories. When I read the script (The Notebook), I couldn’t stop crying! I just had such a powerful, instantaneous reaction – it was written so well.
Sarah Palin has been hired back by Fox News, and she only left five months ago. She has now effectively quit quitting. She can’t even commit to being uncommitted.
I believe that in life you should always take the serious things lightly and the light things seriously. This attitude of mine gets me into a lot of trouble.
The fact that I am a young woman who doesn’t need a man for money. I don’t need a man for a job. I’ve never had to f**k for beats. I’ve never had to f**k for a record deal. I don’t have those pressures. I get up when I want, shop when I want.
