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" You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control. "

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" I just enjoy going to the games, but if you're watching the Lakers play, it feels good to be rooting for the Lakers. You're on the winning end of things most of the time. "

Diane Lane

Winning

You

Time

" I don't have a game plan. I never did, and it's too late to have one even if I wanted to. "

" There's a voice inside children that knows right from wrong. I call it listening to your inner Jiminy Cricket. I tell my daughter, 'If you're thinking this is not the best idea, it probably isn't.' "

" In five years, I had done 13 films, which I think broke Elvis's record. "

" My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe. "

Diane Lane

Shoe

Children

" Oh, I'm just too chicken to experiment with my face and have it go wrong. I'm not saying I never will. But it's like, what scares you more? Getting old or looking weird? "

" Anyone who's had a finger pointed at them and been told they're pretty or attractive, there's a power that comes with that. But beauty for a woman becomes cumbersome because it's always being equated with youth. "

" Because I tend to kind of hide under the sheets when it comes to reality television. I've seen probably one episode of maybe five different shows, and that's about it. "

" I was really fortunate that I was not in 'successful movies' when I was younger, because whatever's given, there's an undertow that wants to take it away. "

" I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it. "

" A lot can change in the editing room. "

" I wish I could always look like I've just finished a really good laugh. "

" I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase. "

" I had a hard time calling Laurence Oliver 'Larry.' "

" I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better. "

" To be honest, relationships with the opposite sex are the most challenging things I've done. You lose your compass, gravity changes, you don't know what's up or down, you're trying to figure it out. You're trying to make everybody happy, including yourself, and it's just... it's humbled me. "

Diane Lane

Yourself

You

" When you're a young child, you pick a totem animal, and you just identify with it to the point of wishing you were that animal. "

" You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you. "

" I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic. "

Diane Lane

People

Father

" I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter. "

" The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that. "

" Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging. "

" Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to. "

" Well, I can fake my way around some things, but I don't think I would be good at betting. "

" I've got a lot of mileage, and I love my mileage. I wouldn't trade a mile of that for a minute of being younger. "

" I rehearsed 50. I kind of stared at it a long time. I wasn't going to let it terrify me. "

" I loved acting, I started as a child and it is interesting because I didn't compare myself to others that were doing the same thing. I just felt that I needed to stay focused and stay out of trouble. "

" Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. "

" It's always refreshing to step into another time. "

" For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. "