“I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.”

I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.

Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.

I don’t feel restless, I just like to travel.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss. That’s the trade-off. But I’ll take it all.

America is not a country, it’s a business.

I don’t want to waste time being angry at someone I love.

You make yourself what you are. You have control of your own destiny.

The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it.

I’m not a big proponent of happiness. I think it’s highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There’s so much value in that. You can’t have one without the other.

Your shame will be your torture, and your torture will be your life. I wish it long.

Equality, absolutely, that’s what defines us. It’s what makes us great. If it doesn’t sit well with your religion, let your God sort it out in the end, but that’s us. We’re equal.

Without pain and suffering, we would be nothing

America is a country founded on guns. It’s in our DNA. It’s very strange but I feel better having a gun. I really do. I don’t feel safe, I don’t feel the house is completely safe, if I don’t have one hidden somewhere. That’s my thinking, right or wrong.

You dont know someone until you know what they want.

No more excuses. I can’t blame anything on my parents. I’m responsible for my mistakes and my choices.

By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You’ve just got to keep moving. You can’t stop.

Fame and fortune does not mean anything if you don’t have a happy home.

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer.

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

What I’d really like to say about stardom is that it gave me everything I never wanted.

I have just wanted to be an actress. That’s always been my goal. I didn’t want to be famous.

Fame attracts lunatics.

Oh, what the hell did I know? I went to the set the first day in full makeup and the director told me to take it off. So I did the film without makeup. I had nothing to do with anything I did. I never understood why I was so famous.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.