·          "I find that love...grows, and that is the shocking thing. You don't know what you're in for. And it's so much more interesting than you thought, and you're just sort of going, I feel this."

·          "My father's passing was a big catalyst for me to step up to the plate of being a parent."

·          "Hi, I'm the director. Can you imagine?"

·          I always thought actresses who are beautiful must have more choices. But then I read that Michelle Pfeiffer and Julia Roberts--true beauties--feel that they haven't always had that much control over their careers, either. I'm sure beauty like that brings its own set of problems. I've always felt fairly plain".

·          " I'm glad to be on the 10 worst dressed list. I'll tell you that. Because hey, it means I'm that person who's not doing what everybody else is doing. I get to do it my way. And that's the deal, man. I like that. I mean, I don't want to be perfect, oh, God, yes, I made the best dressed. Sorry, it's not going to go that way." (Diane to Barbara Walters, Feb.2004)

·          "I love L.A.'s hidden architectural treasures. From downtown's movie palaces to sleek modernist masterpieces.""We in Los Angeles are so guilty of wiping out our history. The Ambassador Hotel is the history of Los Angeles... We have to fight for this."

·          "I would pay more taxes so that others could get the services they need."

·          "The Godfather helped me mature and learn a lot from my colleagues. Having so many of them all veterans in the field was great"

·          "My twenties were a fearful time because I was very, very ambitious, and I didn' t really know it. I couldn't even say I wanted to be an actress. I went to acting school, and I still didn't say I was an actress, that' s how frightened I was. But I wanted to learn, and that's the important thing, if you have enough curiosity to sustain you."

·          [ On the possibility to get married] "Not for me – count me out – not my bag!. I don't want to be around someone who's hard as a rock and I'm his, let's just say, softer person."

·          "Having children is so much more important than everything else I have done. When you're a parent the entire landscape of your life is entirely obliterated by them."

·          "I’m a good collaborator. I think I’m a good team player, and I think that sometimes I get these roles where I have this opportunity. And they’re almost invariably romantic comedy."

·          "I think for women who are in their 30s, I think they should know the future is ripe."