“Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life.”

Life is the past, the present and the perhaps.

There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

I will never be below the title.

Yes, burn your bridges.

Gay Liberation? I ain’t against it, it’s just that there’s nothing in it for me.

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.

Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.

You should know me well enough by now to know I don’t ask for things I don’t think I can get.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

Almost as many inhumanities are committed in the name of love as in the name of religion.

I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman.

Getting old is not for sissies.

I am a woman meant for a man, but I never found a man who could compete.

There’s an intelligence within the heart that is far bigger than our figuring out the mind.

My pop is this big, huge man, nothing can hurt him. I went running into his bedroom like, ‘Daddy, Daddy, the boogie man’s under the bed!’ Pop opens one eye, he’s like, ‘Is the boogie man bigger than me?’ ‘

Humour is a big part of our lives as well as our music. Making it fun is the most important thing.

I realized that even big waves start with small ripples

People acceptin’ me for me, people lovin’ my music was big for me.

When you close your mouth, your ears will be bigger!

A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.

You made my world feel infinitely bigger simply by being In it.