Anjelica Huston

“People often think that looking in the mirror is about narcissism. Children look at their reflection to see who they are. And they want to see what they can do with it, how plastic they can be, if they can touch their nose with their tongue, or what it looks like when they cross their eyes.”

“I was very excited to do 'The Witches.' It was with one of my favorite directors, Nick Roeg, and I loved his work from 'Don't Look Now' and 'Eureka.' So I was very excited to work with him. The story was a very subversive fairy tale by Roald Dahl, and a fantastic part.”

“During the four years I had spent in New York, I had achieved top status as a model and had worked for the best photographers and designers in the world. I had grown used to hearing that I was exotic and high-fashion.”

“I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.”

“Beautiful things comfort; they bring a real clarity and ease. We have to continue to make our environments beautiful - it's sort of like a prayer. If you surround yourself with beautiful things, you have a better life - one with more oxygen.”

“I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.”

“You have to have patience and confidence that your things will let you know where they need to go. Particularly artwork. Paintings will tell you where they want to be.”

“I wanted to be like Jo March in 'Little Women.' I wanted to be married to a man who would give me lots of sons.”

“I think all actors - they'll hate me for saying this - but we are babies. We like to be loved, and we'll do anything if we're loved.”

“I think most actors like to be liked.”

“I have two new nephews and a new niece this year, so I have plenty of kids that I can spend time with.”

“I think it is easier to hear my voice than see myself onscreen, particularly as the years progress. Watching myself onscreen becomes less and less enthralling.”

“I think women like to conquer hearts. Men like to conquer countries.”

“It was great to work in Ireland because it's such a beautiful country, but it's not particularly easy to film in because the weather changes all the time.”

“I'm not all that big on rides. I sort of like bumper cars but I don't really go to Disneyland all that much unless if have nieces and nephews or people to take.”

“In 1969, when I was still living in London, I had gone with some friends to see 'Easy Rider' in a movie theater in Piccadilly Circus and had returned alone some days later to see it again. It was Jack's combination of ease and exuberance that had captured me from the moment he had come on-screen.”

“I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.”

“I must confess I love female writers: Jane Austen, Isak Dinesen, Colette, Willa Cather, Dawn Powell, Joan Didion. I grew up on the Bronte sisters, and Daphne du Maurier.”

“Oh, all kinds of lunacy happens in Ireland, all kinds of lunacy.”

“If you're in a situation where someone's mistreating you, I think it's your duty to speak out.”