"I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor."

"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."

"We all need to take a deep breath and think about being a Bush daughter and having that cross to bear. I'd go out and have a couple of drinks too."

"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."

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

"True love doesn't come to you it has to be inside you."

"You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness."

"My real hair color is kind of a dark blonde. Now I just have mood hair."

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

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

"Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'"

"You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself."

"I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before."

"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."

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

"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."

"Love is not love, without a violin playing goat."

"A fever is an expression of inner rage."

"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."

"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 don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life."

"I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together."

"I enjoy hats. And when one has filthy hair, that is a good accessory."

"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.'"

"Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant."

"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."