Her Quotes

Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year.

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so.

Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.

I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.

She knows I'm her biggest fan, I cheer for her louder than anybody.

I felt probably more uncomfortable than Beyonce. But I can't answer for her.

My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

There's a broad with a big future behind her.

Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.

I play the unsinkable Molly Brown, which is where she got her name from, because she survived.

That's one strength that Stevie has. She's really not a strong instrumentalist in any way. Her instrument is her voice and her words. And it keeps her focused on the very center of that.

Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances.

Fortunately for England, all her imports are raw materials.

I promised to always bring up a glass of water to her before we go to bed, and she promised to never let me dress myself.

Monica Seles: I'd hate to be next door to her on her wedding night.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

I took individual photographs of Annie Liebovitz, I kept taking her picture.

I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night, and it made me see how much she really meant to me.

My mother was born on a tiny farm in County Mayo. She was meant to stay at home and look after the farm while her brother and sister got an education. However, she came to England on a visit and never went back.

My mother was a phoenix who always expected to rise from the ashes of her latest disaster. She loved being Judy Garland.

Now, it's true I married my wife for her looks... but not the ones she's been givin' me lately.

I think they went with the idea that people know the story pretty much- knowing that he's going to take her when she's going to go with him. Also, the movie is really focused on Achilles and Hector and their battles.

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.

When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality.