It took me getting to my 50s before I could say "Whatever!" about other people's criticism, especially when it's not true..

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure..

My agent said, "You aren't good enough for movies." I said, "You're fired.".

And I realized that sometimes the greatest triumphs in your life come in on little cat feet and sit on silent haunches and it's up to you to see it b….

Change is never easy..

You just do the best you can with what you've got... and sometimes magic strikes..

To watch how lovingly your children parent their own children is to know profound achievement..

You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same..

Don't think for one minute, whoever you are, that you're not important. You're so vitally important to stand up and be heard and do what it is you do..

Quit thinking about your weight and start thinking about your worth and who you are and what you haven't done yet. What you want to accomplish..

The whole world is waiting. The whole world needs you..

If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn’t be any goddamn wars in the first place..

I find that’s one of the great things about acting-you have the opportunity to stand in somebody else’s shoes. Each character faces a dilemma in her ….

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one k….

It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes..

In reality, people are people. Age does a weird thing to your body on the outside. It makes your face fall and weird things happen all over. But insi….

You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down..

If I hadn't fought back, I might have been Gidget forever..

The people who stand on the sidelines and criticize aren't actually in the arena, spilling their blood..

I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes..

Motherhood is given the brush-off in our society. 'Oh, I'm just a mom,' you hear women say. 'Just' a mom? Please! Being a mom is everything. It's men….