Meg Ryan Quotes

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they're seen or not is another issue.

I'm a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don't wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

Fame is also a test of character at times ... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.

Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.

My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.

I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.

My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.

Through Clinton and Monica, Clinton and Hillary, the scandal, the impeachment, Iraq, Bruce and Demi, Ellen and Anne, I have remained consistently and nauseatingly adorable. I have, in fact, been known to cause diabetes.

All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings

All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

Ordinary people like you and me have the chance to make a tremendous difference for mothers and their children worldwide

If you empower women, you can change the world.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

The ultimate date for me would be with someone fantastic, fun and great - and we'd go to the Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson fight.

It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.