If you're going to train your body, it would be a really good thing to also train your brain.
— Goldie Hawn
Getting older is a fact of life.
It's nice for a woman to go out and have her own money and her own ability to do what she wants.
A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money.
Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.
I try to stay positive and be very, very active.
Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn thing.
In relationships, particularly love relationships, people are impatient.
If you have a sense of yourself, your mission, your belief system, those things will lead you to success.
It's important, at least for me, that while we're entertaining, there's also something substantive to talk about.
I always wanted to understand the causes of happiness. I'm a bit of a scientist, I guess you could say.
I always wanted to be a mother first.
The interesting part of my spiritual life is studying as much as you can. Islam and Buddhism and Hinduism and Shamanism and Judaism, Christianity - you try to learn what the precepts are, what the religion is, and ultimately, it's based in the same thought, it's based in the same outcome, you know.
The big money goes to kids and young men - big tent-pole movies, which are expensive but have a great return.
I don't like facial hair, and I don't like kissing facial hair, as you cant find the lips.
During the era when women were burning their bras - which, by the way, they never actually did - but when women were first becoming liberated, I was 23. And I met a woman who asked, 'Don't you feel bad because you're sort of acting like the stupid airhead blonde?' And I totally surprised myself. I said, 'Liberation can also come from the inside.'
No relationship is easy, and nobody should ever think it is. The minute you start forgetting the needs of the other person is when you get in trouble.
Meditation helps people balance and calibrate their left-right brain.
By living mindfully, you understand that there are many transitions in life. You just go through them.
Money can destroy people. It really can.
Moms and dads don't last forever. If you've got unfinished business, we need to face that, and that's not easy. Every child wants to love their mother and their father. Love is the most important thing, and when they feel rejected and unloved, that hole can never be filled by anyone else.
I feel there are injustices in the world that I'll stand up for, and I think that it's important to realize that the world is filled with these kinds of issues.
I do a lot of juicing. I don't put a lot of food in my stomach, and I don't mix my foods too much. So if I want to have, like, protein, I'll just eat a bowl of lentils; I won't mix it with a bunch of stuff.
A woman opening a movie with no other star is like a miracle.
If you need to be bound to someone, then it's important to be married. If you are independent, then it's important to not be married.
When you're female working in a male-dominated industry, there are unfortunately extra things you need to do - for example, couch opinions in a way that sounds palatable and not threatening. That's a skill I developed.
A lasting relationship isn't about marriage. It's about compatibility and communication. And you both need to want it to work.
Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for a child's well-being, but also for self-expression and fun.
I'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer.
My mother was the kind of person who was very much part of her tribe and very much a satellite of her tribe. She was the girl who left her family at the age of 17 and went to Washington. My mother was orphaned at three and then was brought up by my aunt Goldie. So, yes she belonged, but there was a part of her that didn't.
When you get to a certain age, you have to make a decision for yourself: if you want to get old in the industry, and you want to play maybe a few parts that come along now and then - or what else in life interests you?
When I turned 50, I asked some of my girlfriends, all actresses of the same age, 'What are we going to do now?' I wanted to go live somewhere for a while, learn archaeology, or take part in healing the world on some level. I wanted to dig deep and say, 'Who am I now? What do I have to offer? What do I have to learn?'
When I started go-go dancing on tables for a living, I didn't want to tell my mom or my dad. I made 25 dollars a night, and I was able to make my rent, with the four girls I lived with.
I believe that we all need to do charitable work. It should be taken seriously in the area of education, as someone from the industry.
You don't meditate once and suddenly your life turns around. What it does is it lets you train your brain to be able to become more stable in an action-oriented way.
It's wonderful to know you're aging, because that means you're still on the planet, right?
It's ridiculous to have to base your relationship on money.
I had a tremendous amount of gay friends, so my whole life was basically like that... I never noticed who was gay or who was straight.
I walk every day, and I run and do all kinds of that.
I don't eat a lot. I think we overeat.
Continuing to listen and grow is important because we get into bad habits in relationships.
I would have been long divorced if I got married.
Whether you're an actor, producer, writer, or director, it's all about the story you're going to tell.
What we want to help children with is, just because you feel sad or happy or depressed doesn't mean that is who you are. We want them to know, 'I am really sad right now, but I am not a sad person.'
A child's giggle tickles me deeply, and it breaks my heart when that begins to disappear. So I do what I can to create opportunities for children to continue to laugh and rediscover their joy.
The truth is that no matter how old we are, as long as our mothers are alive, we want our mother. And it's a very powerful relationship if it's healthy.
My father was Presbyterian.
I'm extremely proud of my daughter. She's done amazing work. She's worked on herself, which I think is important.
I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow.
My parents always supported me, but I was put to task. My father thought when I sang, I was sharp; my mother was upset when I wasn't in the first line at recitals.
