Julia Roberts Quotes

“Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.”

“I am completely happy with my life. I love everything about it.”

“I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't 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.”

“I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn’t have one for best actor.”

“I don’t get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there’s always a legitimate cause.

Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.”

“I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.”

“I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life.

Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded.”

“I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.”

“I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary.”

“I wish I were a little girl again, because skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.”

“I’d rather have 30 minutes of wonderful than a lifetime of nothing special.”

“I’m better for all the things that have happened to me, the good and the bad.”

“I’m just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.”

“If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting.”

“If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.”

“It's amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody. It's the truest thing and the simplest thing that does the most good a lot of times and I hope that we can all just reach out to each other.”

“It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.'

Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.”

“It’s my privilege and honor to cook three meals a day for my family, and it’s a luxury on a level that I didn’t even realize, because it can be relentless for me on some days. You have pride in how you take care of your family.”

“Life is so precious. Please, please, let's love one another, live each day, reach out to each other, be kind to each other. Peace be with you. God is great.”

“Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.”

“Loving what you do is the secret to everything.”

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

“My life at home gives me absolute joy. Having so much time there with the family has just been incredible. My life has changed and I work less, but I was never really one to work too much.”

“People don't want to see me having sex... I'm the queen of the 'kiss, foreplay, dissolve'. And then the 'Whoo! Good morning, tiger'.”

“People love scandal; people love drama. They love stripping away the layers to see what’s really in there, and they’ll do anything – as well as make it up – to get it.”

“Republican comes in the dictionary just after reptile and just above repugnant.”

“Show me a person who doesn’t like to laugh and I’ll show you a person with a toe tag.”

“Some great friendships can be formed because you see one another at your best and worst.”

“The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.”

“The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.”