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“That's the joy of acting - you get to play people who are not you; you get to explore the dark, hidden sides of yourself.”
Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 
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“When our patterns are threatened by new facts, reason is seldom the victor: 'I know what I think, so don't go confusing me with new opinions.”
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“It was a noteworthy lesson, even for someone who'd been fed a daily diet of italicized lessons: that people in high places, luminaries with advanced degrees in Classics and in possession of excellent manners, can disappoint you as profoundly as anyone else.”
Source : Elinor Lipman (2007). “My Latest Grievance”, p.237, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“You only need one good reason to commit to an idea, not four hundred. But if you have four hundred reasons to say yes and one reason to say no, the answer is probably no.”
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“The person who thinks there can be any real conflict between science and religion must be either very young in science or very ignorant of religion.”
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“I have a feeling that in art the need to understand and the need to communicate are one.”
Source : "Patterns of Thought: Hedda Sterne". Interview with Joan Simon, www.artinamericamagazine.com. April 15, 2011.
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“In the beginning I tried to accommodate everything there that was somewhere between art and garbage and that somehow seemed important to me and a pity to throw away. After a while, some sheets in the Atlas acquired another value, after all - that is, it seemed to me that they could stand on their own terms, not only under the protection of the Atlas.”
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“I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.”
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“We gave up having a TV last year. I am out of the loop. Life is way better than TV. I recommend it to anyone who has forgotten they have one.”
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“All you can do is the best you can do.”
