I'm grateful that, after an early life of being silenced, sometimes violently, I grew up to have a voice, circumstances that will always bind me to the rights of the voiceless.
My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.
It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it.
I always knew mum loved me - tough, look-after-yourself love, as if she knew she wouldn't always be there.
I think that the way that Steve Jobs sought after love was to create products that people loved. And when people loved his products, in turn they - he felt like they loved him.
With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.
Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.
I have always appreciated vintage clothing, but after working on 'Call the Midwife' for six months, I love moving away from vintage in my day-to-day wear.
I love doing comedy. Absolutely love it. After 'Wedding Crashers,' people suddenly realized that it was something I could do.
I don't live in L.A. I actually live in Atlanta, Georgia. After I graduated from Spelman, I just stayed and never left. And I love it.
I loved the study of psychology. I didn't love seeing patient after patient. I was perpetually overstimulated, busy decoding everything I took in.
There is always a strong need for self-education during and after school education. Education is a never-ending process of intellectual growth.
We won't get economic growth if we don't look after our mothers and the potential of the next generation. They need to be prioritised.
The films that have influenced me and the films that have motivated me and inspired me were films that resonated, films that made me think after I saw them.
I'm not an impulse shopper. I will wait three days after I see something. Am I still thinking about it? Then I'll get it.
I started as a model in Holland and Chanel took me to New York when I was 19, after which I decided to stay.
After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.
I need therapy after writing. It's like leaking blood from a stone. It's brutally difficult but worth it.
I left Facebook after Facebook groups began appearing about me and suddenly your personal photographs start becoming public property.
Whatever happened after the liberation of Krajina, this was in no way a violation of human rights by Croatian authorities.
You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.
