I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.
It's funny how the smallest things I've done speak the loudest about me, but I like that.
Even though music is something I travel around doing, it is also a very private thing. A sort of escapism.
Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.
To confront those fears, in a controlled environment, where there's 300 people around you going through the same thing, it's this weird sort of yin and yang.
If you want to learn something, just steal it
Money is just something to be circulated.
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.
Peace is not everything, but without peace, everything is nothing.
We will do everything to change what needs to be changed, fight against recession so that the country meets its targets, while reinforcing our country in the heart of the euro and the European Union.
A man who goes forth to take the life of another whom he does not know must believe one thing only — that by his act he will change the course of history.
Throughout his life, Ronald Reagan believed America is capable of great things and its people could and would lead the way if left unburdened by taxation and regulation.
When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.
The one thing I've learned, getting out to all those foreign and domestic locales, is that people in every country of the 'civilized' world wish - either secretly or openly - that they had the expressiveness, the flair, the I'm-so-glad-to-be-me spirit that black folks have made a part of American life.
She quietly expected great things to happen to her, and no doubt that’s one of the reasons why they did.
There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do.
If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.
Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
A woman who tells her age tells everything, and I won't tell it.
I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.
I've seen other artists put out movies that went straight to DVD, and no one cared. Maybe their own fans bought the thing, and that was fine.
Marilyn Monroe Productions was the first female-owned production company in Hollywood. She paved the way for women in Hollywood, and every single woman owes something to her for that, whether they agree with her image or not.