Quotes from Goldie Hawn

Meditation helps people balance and calibrate their left-right brain.

Paparazzi will try to get the most controversial picture of you in a compromising position because that's how they're going to sell it.

When you get to a certain age, you have to make a decision for yourself: if you want to get old in the industry, and you want to play maybe a few parts that come along now and then - or what else in life interests you?

I'm a dreamer with lots of energy and a vivid imagination. That's the recipe for becoming an entertainer.

It's ridiculous to have to base your relationship on money.

My mother loved the Bible.

Ditzy dumb blonde? I can be ditzy. I can be.

If you need to be bound to someone, then it's important to be married. If you are independent, then it's important to not be married.

I'm generally known as a happy person, but years ago, I suffered from panic and anxiety. I've learned to manage the fear and pain.

I never quite fit in - at least, from my own perspective, you know.

I always wanted to understand the causes of happiness. I'm a bit of a scientist, I guess you could say.

I love making people laugh and by the way I still do that with the charitable efforts on my part because I believe that people need to laugh.

A marriage ends up being a business deal: no matter how long or short it is, somebody owes somebody money.

One of Buddhism's main practices is understanding and experiencing compassion, and how that ultimately is a road to happiness.

We need to have empathy. When we lose empathy, we lose our humanity.

Comedy is like catching lightning in a bottle.

I noted that people are happy here in India. When I went back home, people had everything in the materialistic sense and were surrounded with abundance, but they were not happy.

My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too small... my body is thin as a clarinet and my ankles are so skinny that I wear two pairs of bobby socks because I don't want people to see how thin they are.

Directors didn't want to work with me because I was 'too controlling.' If it had been a man, it wouldn't have meant a damn thing.

When I started go-go dancing on tables for a living, I didn't want to tell my mom or my dad. I made 25 dollars a night, and I was able to make my rent, with the four girls I lived with.

We can't turn a blind eye to the importance of the well-being of our children, and we need to pay close attention to building the future leaders of tomorrow.

Sadly, so many arts programs have been eliminated from schools due to budget constraints. These creative outlets are so very important, not only for a child's well-being, but also for self-expression and fun.

What is happiness? Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself.

You have to prepare yourself first before you can create any kind of change for your loved ones.