Quotes by Julia Roberts

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but thats not how Ive chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

Snow White is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With todays science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. Its bizarre.

Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature.

Light and funny has a more compelling quality when youre younger. But I havent abandoned the genre: I love falling down I love Lucille Ball. Its just that a lot of those stories revolve around problems that I cant convincingly portray at this age.

Happiness isnt happiness unless theres a violin-playing goat.

You know its love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if youre not part of their happiness.

I love to cook, and I love to have all my family around the dinner table.

My life at home gives me absolute joy. There are some days when, as soon as youve finished cooking breakfast and cleaning up the kitchen, its time to start lunch, and by the time youve done that, youre doing dinner and thinking, There has to be a menu we can order from.

Magic to me is you make a movie and its all great and it clicks, and at the end of the day you feel like youre having an experience that is positive and that youre learning from.

Every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesnt mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because thats impossible.

Its funny when people say, I dont think Julia likes me. Honey, if I dont like you, youre going to know about it.

My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch - peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I dont know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does - but theres still time.

My boyfriend keeps telling me Ive got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. Why a house? Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. Its something thats increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before.

I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesnt matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.

You can be true to the character all you want but youve got to go home with yourself.

I did get to keep the wedding dresses from Runaway Bride. Theyre all boxed up in my garage. Ive never opened them. Itll be fun one day when Hazel is taller. She can play dress-up with her friends.