My first husband was a serial cheater.
I look for people who're passionate, dedicated to the text, and in whom I trust completely.
A relationship requires a lot of work and commitment.
Hollywood will accept actresses playing ten years older, but actors can play ten years younger.
It helped me when I decided that we're on this planet to learn to live together and get along.
You seldom get that in film where you're lucky if you get any say at all in the final cut.
Once, I had so many scripts coming to me that I could hardly read them all.
I wasn't really writing anything that I felt was worth it at the end, but then certain things sparked me as a solo writer - to be able to try new things and experiment, and ultimately challenge myself as a performer and as a songwriter and just to commit to ideas, and not be afraid to be myself.
Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.
To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West - know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.
Politicians generally form alliances and not friendships. Individuals and institutions achieve their ends through continual barter. But deals are not bonds. Indeed, intense emotional involvement with anything - with issues, ideology, a woman, even a family - can be a handicap, not only consuming valuable time, but more importantly, reducing flexibility and the capacity for detached calculation needed to take maximum advantage of continually changing circumstances.