Ali MacGraw

“My ex-husband happens to be one of the most gifted moviemakers. And what is so bizarre about working with someone like that? I guess it is bizarre to be good friends with your ex-husband.”

“I'm very touched on a deep level by cruelty to animals.”

“I'm a New Yorker, and working in New York was divine for me. I loved working there and going to work there, which I've been able to do three or four times in my career, and I just love it. It's my favorite.”

“I don't enjoy other people's dramas, and I don't enjoy mine.”

“The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.”

“I'm much more famous than I am rich, but I'm able to scale back my lifestyle. I know a lot of people who were where I was who can't imagine living any simpler, but I haven't got a lot of expensive wants.”

“In film, there's so many little things where not just the actor can blow his lines, but technically, it doesn't quite come off in the perfect way envisioned.”

“I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.”

“I had no real experience studying acting; I came to it having done other things for a living for many, many years, and I have this gigantic respect for experience and technique.”

“Looking at beautiful things is what makes me the happiest.”

“There are so many kinds of love, and they're all very intense for me.”

“There's so much craziness that comes along with being a movie star that you can get so confused. Unless you've spent your whole life waiting to be the centre of attention, it's pretty terrifying.”

“I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I travel a tremendous amount. I'm in New York and California a lot, but then also I like faraway places a lot.”

“When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'”

“I have this amazing life.”