"It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it."

"I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become."

"Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating."

"Light and funny has a more compelling quality when you're younger. But I haven't abandoned the genre: I love falling down I love Lucille Ball. It's just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I can't convincingly portray at this age."

"The echoes of eternity remind us that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

"Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big."

"Never underestimate the power of every step forward is a victory over stagnation."