GOLDIE HAWN

Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it.

So curiosity, I think, is a really important aspect of staying young or youthful.

I've been practicing Buddhism for a while. So, I call myself a Jew-Bu, because my tribe is still Jew. But my philosophy and my practice is really Buddhist.

My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are.

I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.

It's wonderful to move forward technologically, but we cannot forget that we are human beings who thrive on relationships, who thrive on interconnectivity, who thrive on sharing your feelings and emotions.

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may sound, as you get to a certain point in life, you figure so what am I doing?

I'm a woman who was raised to believe that you are not complete unless you have a man. Well, in some ways it's true. I am a feminist to a point. But I'm not going to deny the fact that I love to be with men.

What helps with aging is serious cognition - thinking and understanding. You have to truly grasp that everybody ages. Everybody dies. There is no turning back the clock. So the question in life becomes: What are you going to do while you're here?

All I ever wanted to be was happy.

I believe having religion in your life creates the potential for long-lasting relationships.

I was born Jewish, and I consider that my religion. But I've studied all religions, and as you learn more, you really learn that everyone's praying to the same God.

Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas.

To find someone who loves your children like you do is really rare.

We have to embrace obstacles to reach the next stage of joy.

I want to know where joy lives. I'd interview scientists, religious leaders and heads of state. I'd want to find out exactly what makes people happy. I'd want to look into the biology, the chemistry of the human brain.

My mother loved the Bible.

We need to habituate better thinking to appreciate more of your day because that has a neurological correlate.

I got a heart tattooed on my foot. It's my first tattoo.

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.

It is not the question, what am I going to be when I grow up; you should ask the question, who am I going to be when I grow up.

I've been practicing modalities of Eastern philosophy since about 1972. What I've learned through my meditation is a sense of equanimity, a sense of all things being equal.

A body smiles, like, 72 times a day. Where does that smile go? That's what I want to know.

The biggest lesson we have to give our children is truth.

Ditzy dumb blonde? I can be ditzy. I can be.