I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before.
They say that structure is freedom, and in a sense it is. When you're dealing with multiple constraints, you have to figure out what you can get out of that.
I'm a multidimensional person and that's the freedom of fashion: that you're able to reinvent yourself through how you dress and how you cut your hair or whatever.
I wasn't a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.
I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.
In spirituals, the talk of heaven and deliverance was code for a better life. 'Crossing the River Jordan' was code, of course, for escaping to freedom.
I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.
Under my contract with Capitol, I have complete freedom to do just about anything I want in my own way.
I'm not really afraid of somebody who's very politically vocal. My mother is very strong, and I really believe in freedom of speech.
Georgian England was very radical; there were all these new revolutionary ideas, and I think women had more freedom than they did later on.
Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government.
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.
The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.
At the heart of the failure of most plays is the inability to carry on a thoughtful conversation about your work with yourself.
Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes.
We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences.
I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.
The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
What I look for in a role is the physical. But what's the journey emotionally? Can I take this person who is this archetypal tough guy and find the beauty?
Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true.
