1. “Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.”
2. “It’s very easy to feel someone’s pain when you love them.”
3. “I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.”
4. “I’m saving my sick days for when I’m feeling better.”
5. “In fighting for women, we fight for humanity. We fight for the future – for everyone.”
6. “Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.”
7. “It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you’ve been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.”
8. “I think if I was not in love, I would probably let myself go faster. Love gives me the vanity to continue.”
9. “I always look forward to seeing a man who has more brains than me .”
10. “Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.”
11. “Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.”
12. “Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.”
13. “What is important is to believe in something so strongly that you’re never discouraged.”
14. “I think that a lot of women that know they’re going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.”
15. “How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.”
16. “Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.”
17. “I believe that change keeps you young.”
18. “I have always been an active part of my community.”
19. “It doesn’t matter what you have faith in, just that you have faith.”
20. “You want to do movies that your children can watch and that your children can have fun at and enjoy the experience of shooting.”
21. “I aim for a lifetime full of movies.”
22. “I’m good at working, but I’m very good at playing.”
23. “I was an illegal immigrant.”
24. “I don’t ever wat to have to depend on anyone completely.”
25. “I might not be famous one day. But I’d still be happy.”
26. “Make yourself smell nice. I even wear perfume sometimes when I’m alone.”
27. “Life, I’ve got lots of friends. I don’t complain.”
28. “People always underestimate me. But if you stick around long enough, act out of conviction, and try to be honorable in everything you do, good things will come to you.”
29. “I don’t have stamina in exercise… but I have it in life.”
30. “I’ll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.”
