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" Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now! "

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" I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies. "

" When all this fame first comes, it's like being hit by a giant wave. You panic and think if you can just calm down and see where it's going, you'll be okay. Then you become more relaxed. "

" Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat. "

" Show me a mall, and I'm happy. "

" I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary. "

" Seeing Shakespeare in the Park, for me, it's just this side of feeling like you've witnessed some kind of magic. It's this spell that you're under, to be part of that! "

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

" If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting. "

" The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day. "

" I've never had to pretend to be having sex with somebody. I'm like the queen of the foreplay dissolve. "

" People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what's really in there, and they'll do anything - as well as make it up - to get it. "

" I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way. "

" I choose totally by instinct. And the only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it. "

" Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. "

" I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded. "

" It's increasingly rare for me to find things that challenge me as an actor because the challenge of my personal life, and how fulfilling I find it, is tough to compete with. "

" 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. "

" Show me a person who doesn't like to laugh and I'll show you a person with a toe tag. "

" I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience. "

" If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by. "

" A fever is an expression of inner rage. "

" I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager. "

" It's my privilege and honor to cook three meals a day for my family, and it's a luxury on a level that I didn't even realize, because it can be relentless for me on some days. You have pride in how you take care of your family. "

" My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.' "

" The kind of energy I attract is very calm. "

" 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. "

" I'm definitely a practicing Hindu. "

" The movie says, You can lose your job and your way and still rescue yourself. 'Larry Crowne' creates a self-excavated utopia, and I love that idea, that message. "

" People talk about this Julia Roberts almost like it's a cup of Pepsi. People think Julia Roberts is something they created. The fact is, 26 years ago, there was this scrunched-up little pink baby named Julia Roberts. I am a girl, like anybody else. "

" The things that are correct for me will come to me at the time that I am interested in them and have the capacity, the understanding, to do them. "