Film is drama. You've only two hours, so you lie by exclusion, and try to make up for it by portraying the environment.
What you don't do, if you're an adult, is decide that you're going to budget things through a sequester. What does that word have to do with budgeting? It's like if you have a family budget and go, 'We really don't know what to take out economically from the budget, so we're going to whack out protein for this week.'
Seeing what you want from life from the inside out, rather than from the outside in, is the most important thing.
So many times I should've stopped or could've stopped and didn't stop... So many kinds of people can get depressed and sad, and you know what? Everyone has that talent, that gift.
Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.
If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Find out what you're capable of.
To say how you would react if you were really storming the charts and had people running around after you... who's to say how any of us would deal with that.
If you don't already know about jazz music, how would you be exposed? How would get an opportunity to find out if it spoke to you? If you get exposed to it enough, you might find a taste for it.
What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
People really, really hate their religion being criticized. It's as though you've said they had an ugly face; they seem to identify personally with it.
The songs always tell you something, but always for different reasons.
I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful.
Despite what you hear in the news from the Obama administration and the military, our strategy of conducting infrequent airstrikes and re-taking pockets of Iraq and Syria terrain will only help us achieve short-lived tactical victories.
I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.
Even if you aren't sure of yourself, pretend that you are... most people prevaricate.
I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
Working 24 hours a day isn't enough anymore. You have to be willing to sacrifice everything to be successful, including your personal life, your family life, maybe more. If people think it's any less, they're wrong, and they will fail.
When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
If I throw you into an MRI machine right now, I can tell you what words you're about to say.
I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable.
If you want to help the poor and our next generation, make investment, reinvestment and businesses welcome.
My take is, privacy is precious. I think privacy is the last true luxury. To be able to live your life as you choose without having everyone comment on it or know about.
When I'm making an American film, it's more safe because there are so many people on the set to watch me. Whatever I do, they say, 'What are you doing!? Tell me first!' There are so many restrictions.
Entertainer of the Year, to me, there's never been any question that that's one on my bucket list that I want. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you. If there's one that I ever could get - I would trade all the rest of them in for that one.
When I wrote 'Noughts and Crosses', I was halfway through it when I realised this was very like 'Romeo and Juliet'... as long as you make it your own, and put your own spin on it, I think it's brilliant to use other great work to find your own voice.
Do you know why Albert Camus was so prolific? He wrote to keep from screaming.
I feel confident writing on my feet with improv, but it's different when you're sitting down and writing it out.
When you're asked by the president to serve, it's awfully hard to say no, and I'm loyal.
Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but what they mean.
One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, 'Right. Now I understand how this is done.'
Once you get a kitten, the natural thing you do is take a billion photos.
If nobody trusts you as president, then you can't get anything done.
Every time you work is a challenge. There's a constant worry about it, and it's a side of acting I don't like.
If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange.
At the end of the day, life is about being happy being who you are, and I feel like we are so blessed to have the support system and the best family to really just support each other no matter what we're going through.
