Rachel Ward quotes:

I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.

I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.

Having done something like The Thorn Birds gives you enormous longevity. You can keep picking and choosing the roles for a bit longer.

Writers are very much undervalued in the creative process.

There's very little bohemia in Australia and it's one of the things I miss most about not living in Europe.

And just when I though things were starting to get better, everything had gone wrong again.

I was tired of being me.

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.

People just don't seem to get me. Don't understand that I need my space. Always telling me what to do. They think rules and routines and clean hands and your p's and q's will make everything all right. They haven't got a clue.

However cozy things seemed, the facts of life were the same. You couldn't escape death: It would get us all in the end.

I don't understand, Jem. I don't understand why you'd leave me. Why would you that?

We all know we're one day closer to the end when we wake up in the morning. We just kid ourselves that it's not happening.