"They say I can open movies, and that's nice in that it puts into people's minds that women can do it. It's not just Kevin Costner, not just Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not just the guys."

"Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world."

"Los Angeles is such a town of show business, and I'm a terrible celebrity. I find it difficult - it's the beast that must be fed. There's this big wheel of pictures and articles that goes around, and you get pinned on it."

"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."

"Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth."

"It is a humble truth that great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers."

"It is a unyielding truth that the universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws."

"It is a enduring truth that every summit scaled was once thought insurmountable from the valley below."