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“My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success.”
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“Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very comfortable in playing, whether it be in front of a camera or on stage.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Catholicism is a matter of the body and the senses as much as it is a matter of the mind, precisely because the Word became flesh.”
Source : Robert Barron (2011). “Catholicism: A Journey to the Heart of the Faith”, p.4, Image
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“Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives.”
Source : Giannina Braschi, Tess O'Dwyer (1994). “Empire of Dreams”, p.213, Yale University Press
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“No to laugh, not to lament, not to detest, but to understand.”
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“In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging is a problem ... I'm so surprised that the emphasis on aging here is on physical decay, when aging brings such incredible freedom. Now what I want most is laughs. I don't want to hurt anybody by laughing -- there is no meanness to it. I just want to laugh.”
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“A woman's hopes are woven of sunbeams; a shadow annihilates them.”
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“One of the principal impediments to job creation is uncertainty on the part of American companies, large and small. We've all watched as companies have sat on a lot of capital. They're uncertain about what tax policy is going to be. They're clearly uncertain about how health care costs. They're uncertain about all the regulations on capital markets.”