One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

Encyclopedias are finished. All encyclopedias combined, including the redoubtable Britannica, have already been surpassed by the exercise in groupthink known as Wikipedia.

What I have to say is far more important than how long my eyelashes are.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.

My mom used to get arrested for being with my dad. She would get fined. She would spend weekends in jail.

Queen Latifah has been a huge part of my career. She has been a huge, huge part of my career since the very beginning.

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

Only she who attempts the absurd can achieve the impossible.

I've been a fan of Lara Croft. She's gorgeous. She's sexy. She's iconic. She's British.

Social media has changed our lives forever. Some continue to reject social media, refusing to become one of the sheep, but you just can't avoid it.

Not to harp on too much about Ma, but it's a misconception that she is formidable. She calls herself a patsy.

I was an accident - my mum was only 16 when she had me.

The Mark Birley fan club, of which epic American socialite Nan Kempner says she's the oldest living member, follows him doggedly.

When I first started, all the media I ever got was, 'Hey! There's this Indian girl. And even though she is Indian, she gets views and stuff.'

We were using Brooke as an actress; she was playing different roles: a liberated woman, a teenager, a vamp.

Relative to all the start-ups out there, getting a valuation of $1 billion is rarely accomplished.

She would give them order. She would create constellations.

This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no bosom and no behind.

My mom was pretty young, and she did what she could do.

Is the raggle-taggle Brangelina tribe any more bogus than that of the landlocked yummy mummy who believes that she can drop half a dozen brats and still keep a modest carbon footprint? I don't think so.