I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies. Use this quote
A lot of people think, 'I'll give acting or poetry or filmmaking a try. And if it doesn't work out I'll go get a law degree, do something else that's more practical.' For me I went the reverse way. I lived the back-up plan. Use this quote
If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better. Use this quote
Works of imagination should be written in very plain language; the more purely imaginative they are the more necessary it is to be plain. Use this quote
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. Use this quote
I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work. Use this quote
I don't do marriage. I think it's incredibly naff. And I don't like vulgar displays of ostentation. Use this quote
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. Use this quote
I was brought up in the modern world of all the luxury and the highlight of show business. I was born into a Christian home. Use this quote
Housework can't kill you, but why take a chance? Use this quote
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Use this quote
It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination. Use this quote
The future is always a dystopia in movies. Use this quote
I rejected the notion that my race or sex would bar my success in life. Use this quote
They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys. Use this quote
Shadows sometimes people don't see shadows. The Chinese of course never paint them in pictures, oriental art never deals with shadow. But I noticed these shadows and I knew it meant it was sunny. Use this quote
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Use this quote
There's an internal battle. I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids and the kids win. Use this quote
The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom. Use this quote
Haven't two hundred years of failed missionary work overseas taught anybody anything? You can't convert people to anything - whether religion, or something as inane as our flicks. Use this quote
