“I love getting older. I’ve never felt more in my skin or happier to be who I am.”

“I like boys — a lot. I’m boy crazy. That hasn’t changed since I was very young.”

“I do get asked out. It’s fun . . . I’m a lot of woman — in a lot of ways. And I understand that can be intimidating.”

“When I’m in a relationship I’m very loyal and committed. I give a lot . . . But it’s been nice not having a boyfriend for the past year. In fact it’s the first time I haven’t had one in ten years and I’m enjoying what I’m getting out of this moment . . . I could be in a relationship if I wanted to be but I haven’t finished doing what I’m doing.”

“I feel I get better with age … I look at pictures of myself when I was 21 and think, ‘Wow, I didn’t look so bad.’ But I take more care of myself now, so in a way I feel like I look better than I did then … I feel stronger and more confident … I don’t think my 25-year-old self would have been able to provide the same things as I can now”

“I love [Vegas] for what it is – the good and the bad. Well, not the bad as much as the naughty … I love gambling. But I don’t like to lose money, so I don’t really call it gambling, I call it ‘playing’ … I love dominoes too … It used to be a tradition for my family at Christmas … I want to re-implement it, though, I miss it.”

“Sometimes I’ll look in the mirror and be like, ‘Damn, where did that come from?’ Seriously! I’m 35 years old. When is this going to stop?!”

“I think I finally know the way love works best. Basically, the most important thing it to really know yourself.”

“Everything gets easier when you get older. You have a lot more experience and enough restraint to rethink that impulse to behave a certain way, because you know where it’s going to end. You have a strategy of how to get to a happier place.”

“I love being alone – I love it! I’m good at it. But not in a weird way, not like leave me alone – it’s just I’m very comfortable by myself.”

“I hike, snowboard and surf. I admit I do hire a personal trainer as well, but for me working out is a big part of keeping mind and body together.”

“I eat healthily but love my burgers, and if you put a bowel of French fries near me, then it’s over. Normally, though, I’ll have a half-order of something and save the leftovers. I’m queen of leftovers”

“I’m a woman. Of course I’m dating. And is that so surprising? Oh my god, she’s dating!”

“People think if you’re single, you are incomplete. No. The thing is, I don’t want to be in a relationship that makes me incomplete.”

There were times when I’d go, ‘This outfit would look so badass with stilettos.’ You wanted those 4-inch heels, those wrappy, strappy, show-off-your pedicure shoes, but you couldn’t do it. At the beginning of the scene it would have been fine because I’m just hanging out with the dude. But the next thing you know, you’re kicking the dude’s rear, so you had to make sure you had the right shoes on.

I didn’t realize it [The Mask (1994)] was a fairly large film that I was a part of. Halfway through I was going, ‘Is there any place that my mom and dad can see this film?’ and they’re going, ‘Cameron, at the theatres.’ I had no idea. Durrrrrrr. I’m blonde. I’m allowed.

One thing I realized from Julia [Roberts, My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) co-star] – which I knew before, but was made very clear – is that when you’re the star of the film, the crew looks to you to set the tone of everyday work. So when you come into work, whatever it is that you’re giving off, that is what the tone is going to be for the working conditions.

On Being John Malkovich (1999): “It’s been said that in Hollywood there are only 14 different scripts. Well, this is number 15.”

Your regrets aren’t what you did, but what you didn’t do. So I take every opportunity.

I grew up with a lot of boys. I probably have a lot of testosterone for a woman.

Growing up, I was the plain one. I had no style. I was the tough kid with the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.

I would kiss a frog even if there were no promise of a Prince Charming popping out of it. I love frogs. I’d lick him.

We have a voice now and we’re not using it. Women have so much to lose. I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. If you think rape should be legal then don’t vote. But if you think you have a right to your body and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote.

My Latin roots are very strong. All my life, because I’m blonde and blue-eyed, people who aren’t Hispanic can’t believe I am. And people who are Hispanic always think I’m not, because I don’t look like them. Being Latin is part of who I am and I bring that part to every role.

“What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don’t have, is just love what we do have.” quoted Women’s World (6-14-05)

Toronto has such a nice balance as far as the films they show there. They kind of give an opportunity to everybody. You get the best of the best there. It’s a good standard to be held up against, and it’s very flattering to be in that festival.

“I’m like every other woman: a closet full of clothes, but nothing to wear: So I wear jeans.” quoted in Woman’s World 1-3-06

I go, ‘God, you know, it all sounds so familiar. I know what you’re saying, I really do. I just cannot respond to you back in Spanish. I can barely speak English properly.’ I didn’t grow up in a Cuban or Latin community. I grew up in Southern California on the beach, basically. And I’m third generation. I’m of Cuban descent, but I’m American. – when asked if she can speak Spanish

The last couple of years were hell. Like, I can’t even tell you, it was so hard. I didn’t know how to handle it. But I think I’m in a much better place now, because I stepped away for a second and took a breath. Hollywood is a funny place. It offers so much, but it can also take a lot away from you.

“I don’t declare myself as one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood. That’s other people’s label.”

“Men are wonderful. I don’t think my feeling about that is ever going to change. I’m never going to feel differently about men. I’m not a man-hater.”

“When parents say to their kids, ‘This is Princess Fiona,’ I just tell them, ‘Let the mystery and the fantasy live within them. Let them believe that Princess Fiona is actually real,