Getting Quotes

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

If you feel like you're getting into a rut with a song, a night off usually fixes it.

I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.

Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student.

I guess if you're a normal person and all of a sudden you're getting $10 million a year, it can go to your head.

I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.

My preparation is mainly just knowing the lines and getting in and knowing where your character is, knowing what it's about and having ideas that you can put in on the day.

As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.

I keep getting these people at my shows who only know me from television. I can always tell when they're, like, emotionally flinching when I start doing my jokes.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

I won't say, 'I have two degrees; I shouldn't be getting your latte.' Because I paid my dues when I got to the table, I actually had something to say.

Well, we're about 24 million subscribers today, and that's up from about 15 million a year ago, so it's a very high rate of growth, and that's what's exciting about the business - more and more people are getting smart TVs, they're watching Netflix on their iPads.

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.

I resented that my career wasn't going the way that it was supposed to. And I was angry that I wasn't getting the parts that I wanted.

To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don't tap people's phones and poke into their e-mail and you don't arrest people and keep them hidden for a year and a half without charging them.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.

It wasn't all spent on practicing, I did do other things! but the classical guitar means a lot to me so I spend many hours building good chops and getting a good program together.

What's going on in the Senate is kind of a politics of escalation. We're getting sort of like the Mideast: pay back everybody when you're in charge.

I'm obsessive enough about getting fit, it's ridiculous. I'm 40 now, and I've got to stop doing it soon. I have to start getting fat and old!

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Success is like winning the sweepstakes or getting killed in an automobile crash. It always happens to somebody else.

Cancer came back into my life twice in order for me to understand something, and I guess I still wasn't getting it. And my husband wasn't getting it, either.

It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.

The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label.

I might have to go on breakfast TV, which would mean getting up early.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting; and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural.