Explore Quotes by Meg Ryan

I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

Neither of us, me nor Dennis, is cavalier about a breakup. We both behaved very honorably.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.

My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.

All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.

It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.

I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.

All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.