Ali MacGraw

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece. ”

When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.' ”

I was really involved with other people's opinions of me, and it got heightened during my film career. I don't have any opinion, good or bad about it, it just was. It's not the way I feel now, and I think yoga has a lot to do with that. ”

My parents made no money whatsoever, but they really knew how to see, as artists. So a big adventure might be, on a hot, dreadful day with no place to go, to go out and draw our chickens with pastels. My parents gave me a sense of wonder. ”

I live in Santa Fe, New Mexico. And I travel a tremendous amount. I'm in New York and California a lot, but then also I like faraway places a lot. ”

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist. ”

My ex-husband happens to be one of the most gifted moviemakers. And what is so bizarre about working with someone like that? I guess it is bizarre to be good friends with your ex-husband. ”

In film, there's so many little things where not just the actor can blow his lines, but technically, it doesn't quite come off in the perfect way envisioned. ”

I think it's tough when you're very young and you maybe fall for the celebrity and being the center of attention. ”

I don't enjoy other people's dramas, and I don't enjoy mine. ”