“If it is not to make the world better what is money for?”

The things that are important to me – being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist – are all things that were borne out of great passion.

Everything makes me nervous – except making films.

I don’t have a short temper, I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.

Just in case you get pneumonia or die. The dangerous bits are always the last days of shooting.

I gave a very dear friend of mine my humanitarian award. Because you don’t need an award to be, or not be, a humanitarian.

I use my fame now when I want to help a cause or other people.

I’ve never thought of my jewelry as trophies. I’m here to take care of it and to love it, for we are only temporary custodians of beauty.

I want it all quickly ’cause I don’t want God to stop and think and wonder if I’m getting more than my share.

Money is the best deodorant.

You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.

You can’t choose between right and wrong by taking a census.

Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.

I’ve been through it all, baby, I’m mother courage.

When I’m not with the one I love, I love the one I’m with.

You are who you are. All you can do in this world is help others to be who they are and better themselves.

I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I’m me. God knows, I’m me.

I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.

Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.

Don’t get sad when one chapter of your life ends, the next one will be better.

Sometimes I think you like me better as a wolf. Sometimes I do. It probably has something to do with the way you CAN’T TALK.

Every actor has a strength, and sometimes you just respond to things that you see yourself better at. I’m aware of what I can and can’t do.

It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.

I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I’m my own most vicious critic. So I’m always trying to do it better.

A parent knows better than any book or “expert” what their kid really needs.