"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

"Believe me, you can get into a lot of trouble being sixteen years old in a foreign country with no adult telling you when to come home."

"I love older men."

"I will always want to do whatever it is that my heart is in, and whether I get paid for it or not means nothing. It doesn't matter. I'll do it if it means something to me and I want to be a part of it."

"Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do."

"Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages."

"I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman."

"You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!"

"I read a quote the other day that said comparison is a brutal assault upon one's self. And what happens is that you're saying that you're not good enough."

"I'm not really in any competition with anyone, I'm not in any race."

"There is only one way... to get anybody to do anything. And that is by making the other person want to do it."

"We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do."

"When we can demonstrate that we can take off horizontally and put something into orbit, then we can begin to talk about increasing the amount of payload. But to say, 'I'm going to do that and put people into orbit' is a real leap."

"The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward."

"You need propellants to accelerate toward Mars, then to decelerate at Mars, again to re-accelerate from Mars to Earth, and finally to decelerate back at Earth. Accordingly, the mass of these required propellants, in short, drives our need for innovative launch vehicles."

"Maybe it was the challenge of flight, the opportunity to fly, the competition of summer camp and the inspiration and discipline of West Point. I think all of those things helped me to develop a dedication and inspired me to get ahead."

"I was the first Navy, Marine or Air Force person who had been an astronaut to return back to the Air Force. I had certain expectations about what would be a reasonable and desirable position to be assigned to after my years of service."

"Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that."

"The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace."

"Nobody cares about the bronze or silver medals."

"Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next generation. If we lose leadership, then we'll be using Chinese capability to inspire Americans."

"Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag."

"Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon."

"Girls can do anything, for sure. Even running in the mud in heels."