“Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves.”

Perfect love is the most beautiful of all frustrations because it is more than one can express.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with man.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

I do not need drugs to be a genius, do not take a genius to be human, but I need your smile to be happy.

Acting essentially requires feeling.

My happiest days are those in which I do good work.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Let us try to understand each other’s problems, for in modern warfare there is no victory.

We think too much and feel too little.

People’s affection hurts me but it’s a beautiful pain.

One cannot do humour without a great sympathy for one’s fellow man.

What a sad business, being funny.

Simplicity is not a simple thing.

Let’s call them years of a friendly misalliance.

The world cannot be wrong if in this world there’s you.

My experience of singing, as an actor, was that there’s a different creative feeling of freedom. The acting thing is a bit more defined and cerebral. I can see why people would want to cross over. If you have so much freedom on stage then perhaps you want to be confined a bit, and vice versa.

In my early years, there were a number of experiences that made me decide I could not afford the luxury of just being an actress. There were a number of issues I wanted to address. And I wanted to use my career as a platform.

When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can’t live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that’s the juice that kept me going.

As an actress, you want to try new things. You don’t want to repeat yourself. That becomes more important to you, as you get older.

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

I never felt scandal and confession were necessary to be an actress. I’ve never revealed my self or even my body in films. Mystery is very important.

For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

I’m always inspired by actresses who are older than me. Because I know that person has lived so much more life than I have. There’s a whole other toolbox.