Quotes from Rosanna Arquette

Hate is a powerful energy. If you want to do anything, resist hate. Resist it.

It's really hard not to be paranoid when you find out that you've been spied on.

My childhood shaped the person I became. It was artistic, musical and left-wing.

You have to pay the bills when you're a single mum.

It's unfortunate that music has become such big business.

I was in Florida with Burt Stern, the photographer who shot Marilyn Monroe on the beach with a sweater, and we smoked a joint. The bathing suit kept coming off in the water, and I just ripped it off. I was very comfortable being naked.

If things aren't going so well, I try to stay positive and not give in to negative thoughts.

I think Americans have always been pretty outspoken. I always found that if you had emotions in England, it's like, 'Here's a cup of tea.'

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me

I like to think of myself as fearless.

It's so hard to keep everything balanced in life.

I know parents have a hard time letting their kids spread their wings and fly.

I do resent that when you're in the most cool, powerful time of your life, which is your 40s, you're put out to pasture. I think women are so much cooler when they're older. So it's a drag that we're not allowed to age.

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me.

I do resent that when you're in the most cool, powerful time of your life, which is your 40s, you're put out to pasture. I think women are so much cooler when they're older. So it's a drag that we're not allowed to age.

I spent many years seeking self-awareness and wondering what I should be doing on this planet.

There's no way I'm going to put this kid in the movies, because of the rejection. It's so hard as an adult, so why set her up to feel that bad as a child?

It's so hard to have relationships when there is so much scrutiny.

I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there-that's true in any of the arts.

Criticism really used to hurt me. Most of these critics are usually frustrated artists, and they criticise other people's art because they can't do it themselves. It's a really disgusting job. They must feel horrible inside.

Art is such an important part of our culture.

I never really played the game, doing what it takes to be a star, to keep your mouth shut.

When I was doing indie films, it wasn't cool and hip.