A large part of me is pure nebbish - plain, dull, uninteresting. There's a more flamboyant part, too. Obviously.
And remember, this was a president [George W. Bush] who was selected by the Supreme Court rather than the people.
Around people I don't know, I'm totally at a loss.
How could such a destructive man [George W. Bush] be so popular with the American people? Not only is he poisoning our air and water - he's poisoning our political system as well.
I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.
I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt.
I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.
I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.
I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven.
I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon it will be behind me.'
I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.
I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.
Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?
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