I loved being Maleficent. I was quite sad to put my staff down and put my horns away because somehow, she just lives in a different world.
People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.
It's kinda nice to be remembered by your peers and your fans, because you can achieve a lot of success and be a creep too! But we try to be nice, just normal people.
I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days.
The sharecropper may lower his eyes, but not because he's less of a man. That's just a condition of society that such things exist.
I didn't read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else.
It was actually pretty difficult to grow up in the Star City. There were regular kids around me, and everybody knew that my father was a cosmonaut. Even at school, every teacher could comment on my behavior just because I was considered special.
I'm very involved with kids because after being a teacher for seven years, I just can't stop loving the kids. I am a teacher forever.
I don't hate technology, I don't hate hackers, because that's just what comes with it, without those hackers we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security.
Oh, I just love being a character actress. You have a lot of fun, and not only that, you save tons on cosmetic surgery because you never have to have liposuction.
I do love Louboutin shoes, but I need to stop buying them because I don't go to many 'dos,' so they just line up. I'm normally in my trainers.
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
I played Big Band jazz music. I wasn't into rock and roll. I was just there because it was a living. I surprised everyone. I'm still surprising people.
I used to look at composing music as problem solving. But as I get older, it's not about problem solving anymore. There are no solutions, because there are no problems. You just turn the tap and it flows out.
I came into music just because I wanted the bread. It's true. I looked around and this seemed like the only way I was going to get the kind of bread I wanted.
Because women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar men make. Those pennies add up to real money.
For me personally, I think I just enjoy movies about werewolves or vampires because it's not like an everyday thing. It's something you can really escape into.
I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible.
I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
Never stop doing your best just because one person doesn't give you credit.
My mother always told me I wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said, 'Just wait.
