When somebody follows you 20 blocks to the pharmacy, where they watch you buy toilet paper, you know your life has changed.

It’s impossible to satisfy everyone, and I suggest we all stop trying.

[on her marriage to Brad Pitt, after two years] Everybody always asks if we’re happy. Give me a break. We’re married two years. In Hollywood years, that’s forever.

[on the constant rumors surrounding her split from Brad Pitt] There is always going to be the tough and the nasty. You just tune out to that.

[on the irony of the title of her movie, The Break-Up (2006)] Well, you know. I figured just seize the moment.

I always say, “Don’t make plans, make options.”

If we can say, “I loved, and I received a lot of love,” then great. That’s enough.

I’ve learned that you can get through things that hurt. Nothing will kill you. Nothing. People are unbelievable. we have such resilience.

“The last five years have been about spring cleaning for me. Now it’s time for my rebirth. I love trying new things. I can’t just be put in a box,”

“It’s a nonperfume perfume. Sexy and clean. Floral, but not too flowery,” … “I want people to go, ‘What is that? You smell great!’ But most of all I wanted it to smell natural.”

“When I started doing yoga with Mandy, I noticed many things. My legs getting leaner. My arms getting stronger, and most importantly, I noticed an inner strength,”