Elizabeth Taylor
I've come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.Collection: Optimism
I've always preferred animals to little girls or boys. I had my first horse - actually it was a Newfoundland pony - when I was three, and I loved riding, without anyone shackling me - riding bareback as fast as I could.Collection: Girl
I will love Michael Jackson forever.Collection: Forever
I prefer rugby to soccer. I enjoy the violence in rugby, except when they start biting each other's ears off.Collection: Soccer
I hate myself on the screen. I want to die ... my voice is either too high or too gravelly. I want to dive under the carpet.... I'd love to be tall and willowy ... I'm short.Collection: Hate
Now is the time for guts and guile.Collection: Guile
Thanks Darling for the beautiful flowers and all the prayers. Now can you just get my puppy past security?Collection: Beautiful
On Michael Jackson and child stardom: He had one of the worst childhoods ever. I think I had the second.Collection: Children
My favorite name for a color is "puce." It's kind of a dried blood color. It's a hideous color. But I love the word. It's so euphonic. But my favorite colors are lavender, purple, periwinkle blue, and white.Collection: Names
Being able to go on location and see the world was the greatest perk of all.Collection: Location
The public library is more than a repository of books. It’s a mysterious, wondrous place with the power to change lives.Collection: Book
The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.Collection: Book
Acting is fun. It’s not my whole life. It’s not my entire being. It’s secondary to my life. My life is primary. I’m running in the primary, as you know.Collection: Fun
You find out who your real friends are when you’re involved in a scandal.Collection: Real
I have never wanted to be a queen! Cleopatra was a role, and I am an actor, so it was fun to play one, but it’s not real.Collection: Fun
Acting is, to me now, artificial. Seeing people suffer is real. It couldn’t be more real. Some people don’t like to look at it in the face because it’s painful. But if nobody does, then nothing gets done.Collection: Real