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178 Notable Quotes By Julia Roberts On Love, Life, Relationship & Happiness

Famous As: Best Known for Her Role in the Romantic Comedy Film 'Pretty Woman'
Born On: October 28, 1967
Born In: Smyrna, Georgia, United States
Age: 55 Years

Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts is one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood and has starred in several top-grossing romantic comedy films. While she is celebrated worldwide for her beauty and acting skills, she has used her celebrity status to drive social changes over the years. As UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador, she had visited Haiti in 1995 and helped raise funds to eradicate poverty. She narrated the documentary 'Silent Angels' and helped raise public awareness about the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome. She shares her ideas at events and charity campaigns like Gucci's 'Chime For Change' and Conservation International's 'Nature is Speaking'. Alongside love, life, happiness and her performances, she often touches on topics like climate change and women's empowerment.

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships. I am so lucky to be on the little golden path that led me to all this.

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships. I am so lucky to be on the little golden path that led me to all this.

Julia Roberts
I went out in my goddamn underwear too!

I went out in my goddamn underwear too!

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I've sort of grown into my cuteness.

I've sort of grown into my cuteness.

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I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'

I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'

Julia Roberts
[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.

[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.

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I certainly take work as a joyous responsibility.

I certainly take work as a joyous responsibility.

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I do think that I am fundamentally the same relatively simple person I've always been. I just have this flashy, wacky job [actress] that confuses people into thinking that I'm somehow ultrafascinating.

I do think that I am fundamentally the same relatively simple person I've always been. I just have this flashy, wacky job [actress] that confuses people into thinking that I'm somehow ultrafascinating.

Julia Roberts
You know that place between sleep and awake? The place where you still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you... Peter Pan. That's where I'll be waiting.

You know that place between sleep and awake? The place where you still remember dreaming? That's where I'll always love you... Peter Pan. That's where I'll be waiting.

Julia Roberts
I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.

I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.

Julia Roberts
You know when people are stupid, it frustrates me.

You know when people are stupid, it frustrates me.

Julia Roberts
I am an actor and of course I respond very positively to flattery.

I am an actor and of course I respond very positively to flattery.

Julia Roberts
Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'

Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'

Julia Roberts
I prefer to act with friends. I mean you start off as strangers always with someone, but to really find a relationship that you enjoy personally and creatively, it's fantastic.

I prefer to act with friends. I mean you start off as strangers always with someone, but to really find a relationship that you enjoy personally and creatively, it's fantastic.

Julia Roberts
In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight.

In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight.

Julia Roberts
I'm definitely a practicing Hindu.

I'm definitely a practicing Hindu.

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The babies are amazing ... They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.

The babies are amazing ... They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.

Julia Roberts
The man's [Bush] embarrassing. He's not my president and he never will be either.

The man's [Bush] embarrassing. He's not my president and he never will be either.

Julia Roberts
I don't think fame changes people. People change as they gather more experiences and information about life.

I don't think fame changes people. People change as they gather more experiences and information about life.

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Because of being married, I've met people and experienced all these little things that have nurtured my life - not so much changed it, just nurtured it in a way that's astounding.

Because of being married, I've met people and experienced all these little things that have nurtured my life - not so much changed it, just nurtured it in a way that's astounding.

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People came up: 'I thought you were 6 ft tall.' I'm average height - 5 ft 8 ins, skinny blonde. One guy says to me 'So, where's the fox from Mystic Pizza?

People came up: 'I thought you were 6 ft tall.' I'm average height - 5 ft 8 ins, skinny blonde. One guy says to me 'So, where's the fox from Mystic Pizza?

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Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.

Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.

Julia Roberts
I want to go someplace where I can marvel at something.

I want to go someplace where I can marvel at something.

Julia Roberts
I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do, there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy, amused way.

Julia Roberts
I'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad.

I'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad.

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Babies aren't really born of their parents. They are born of every kind word, loving gesture, hope, and dream their parents ever had.

Babies aren't really born of their parents. They are born of every kind word, loving gesture, hope, and dream their parents ever had.

Julia Roberts
It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it.

It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it.

Julia Roberts
Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.

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I would like to learn to play the cello. I would like to paint. I would like to fully understand the concept of pi.

I would like to learn to play the cello. I would like to paint. I would like to fully understand the concept of pi.

Julia Roberts
An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand, it doesn't really mean anything. It's a moment in time.

An Oscar is a total honor. It's thrilling, and on the one hand, it means a lot of things, and on the other hand, it doesn't really mean anything. It's a moment in time.

Julia Roberts
I didn't know the odds were so stacked against me. I went for TV shows and never got them. But I kept glued to the pursuit. I was the biggest fool in town, but ultimately I was the biggest fool in town with a job.

I didn't know the odds were so stacked against me. I went for TV shows and never got them. But I kept glued to the pursuit. I was the biggest fool in town, but ultimately I was the biggest fool in town with a job.

Julia Roberts
What a relief. I didn't have to check the toilet for anything or the light bulbs or the phone. It was just good old-fashioned friendship.

What a relief. I didn't have to check the toilet for anything or the light bulbs or the phone. It was just good old-fashioned friendship.

Julia Roberts
I only put clothes on so that I'm not naked when I go out shopping.

I only put clothes on so that I'm not naked when I go out shopping.

Julia Roberts
I can't wait to have kids; I just can't wait to hold a baby in my arms.

I can't wait to have kids; I just can't wait to hold a baby in my arms.

Julia Roberts
Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world.

Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world.

Julia Roberts
The jobs don't get married. The people get married.

The jobs don't get married. The people get married.

Julia Roberts
Some great friendships can be formed because you see one another at your best and worst.

Some great friendships can be formed because you see one another at your best and worst.

Julia Roberts
God dwells within me. As me.

God dwells within me. As me.

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I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary.

I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is a documentary.

Julia Roberts
~I try to call my mother, Betty, with more regularity because I think, What if Hazel didn't call me for two weeks? I'm able to see her mothering now from a different vantage point.~

~I try to call my mother, Betty, with more regularity because I think, What if Hazel didn't call me for two weeks? I'm able to see her mothering now from a different vantage point.~

Julia Roberts
I couldn't be an ingenue today, because the business has changed. I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way, or you're ridiculed.

I couldn't be an ingenue today, because the business has changed. I remember when you could dress for a premiere just by putting on a cute top. Now you have to be perfect and fabulous in every way, or you're ridiculed.

Julia Roberts
Part of the reason why some of the relationships I've had in my past worked for so long is because when you're making movies, a huge gap of time can pass when you don't even see the person.

Part of the reason why some of the relationships I've had in my past worked for so long is because when you're making movies, a huge gap of time can pass when you don't even see the person.

Julia Roberts
I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.

I'm so lucky to be crazy happy in my life. And I think it's not so much that I'm happier now than ever; it's that I'm more content. I'm in the harbor of my life.

Julia Roberts
You never know how stylish a movie is going to be and I think this movie has a great sense of style. The way that it is shot and our costumes and everything, it was just terrific.

You never know how stylish a movie is going to be and I think this movie has a great sense of style. The way that it is shot and our costumes and everything, it was just terrific.

Julia Roberts
How lucky we are that we love each other so much that we burst into three pieces.

How lucky we are that we love each other so much that we burst into three pieces.

Julia Roberts
Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Don't forget I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.

Julia Roberts
Usually the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty

Usually the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty

Julia Roberts
If you're at the sink washing the cup, wash the cup. Don't worry about everything else. ... We forget to appreciate the simplest moments of the day, the sublime in the ordinary.

If you're at the sink washing the cup, wash the cup. Don't worry about everything else. ... We forget to appreciate the simplest moments of the day, the sublime in the ordinary.

Julia Roberts
I'm tall and smart. If you're aggressive and energetic it can be intimidating for people who aren't very smart themselves.

I'm tall and smart. If you're aggressive and energetic it can be intimidating for people who aren't very smart themselves.

Julia Roberts
'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre.

'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre.

Julia Roberts
On my best day, I am a seven-point-seven. I could be a hard eight if I felt great. If I went on a good run and had on my best pair of jeans, I could feel right on the money.

On my best day, I am a seven-point-seven. I could be a hard eight if I felt great. If I went on a good run and had on my best pair of jeans, I could feel right on the money.

Julia Roberts
I'm too tall to be a girl, I never had enough dresses to be a lady, I wouldn't call myself a woman. I'd say I'm somewhere between a chick and a broad.

I'm too tall to be a girl, I never had enough dresses to be a lady, I wouldn't call myself a woman. I'd say I'm somewhere between a chick and a broad.

Julia Roberts
I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

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I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.

Julia Roberts
I want my kids to know when I'm pissed, when I'm happy and when I'm confounded.

I want my kids to know when I'm pissed, when I'm happy and when I'm confounded.

Julia Roberts
I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them.

I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them.

Julia Roberts
Some people are antagonized by the truth.

Some people are antagonized by the truth.

Julia Roberts
Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.

Look beyond the paint. Let us try to open our minds to a new idea.

Julia Roberts
It's amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody.

It's amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody.

Julia Roberts
If your friends won't tell you the truth, who will?

If your friends won't tell you the truth, who will?

Julia Roberts
The only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it. It was only really one time.

The only time I've ever gone against my instincts, I've regretted it. It was only really one time.

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It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.

It's funny when people say, 'I don't think Julia likes me.' Honey, if I don't like you, you're going to know about it.

Julia Roberts
I'm an utterly average, total geek.

I'm an utterly average, total geek.

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I am very fulfilled in my home life, and what films do for me is to create an ironclad structure that, in my life as a mom, does not exist. It is a shapeless blob of happy chaos.

I am very fulfilled in my home life, and what films do for me is to create an ironclad structure that, in my life as a mom, does not exist. It is a shapeless blob of happy chaos.

Julia Roberts
Your face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office.

Your face tells a story and it shouldn't be a story about your drive to the doctor's office.

Julia Roberts
I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.

I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.

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I think people who come into my home feel comfortable and welcome and loved. And the biggest thing in my living room (the fireplace) is in and of itself an expression of love.

I think people who come into my home feel comfortable and welcome and loved. And the biggest thing in my living room (the fireplace) is in and of itself an expression of love.

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In my life I think I made really solid decisions, and I would stand by them all over again.

In my life I think I made really solid decisions, and I would stand by them all over again.

Julia Roberts
When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.

When you end up happily married, even the failed relationships have worked beautifully to get you there.

Julia Roberts
Whatever happens is going to happen, whether you're sitting by the phone anxious and worried about it or not.

Whatever happens is going to happen, whether you're sitting by the phone anxious and worried about it or not.

Julia Roberts
[On refusing to do nude movie scenes:] There are certain people who should know what you look like naked. I just don't think your high-school algebra teacher should be one of them.

[On refusing to do nude movie scenes:] There are certain people who should know what you look like naked. I just don't think your high-school algebra teacher should be one of them.

Julia Roberts
It's amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody. It's the truest thing and the simplest thing that does the most good a lot of times and I hope that we can all just reach out to each other.

It's amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody. It's the truest thing and the simplest thing that does the most good a lot of times and I hope that we can all just reach out to each other.

Julia Roberts
People don't want to see me having sex... I'm the queen of the 'kiss, foreplay, dissolve.' And then the 'Whoo! Good morning, tiger.

People don't want to see me having sex... I'm the queen of the 'kiss, foreplay, dissolve.' And then the 'Whoo! Good morning, tiger.

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I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.

I'm a regular person with an extraordinary job.

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Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart, because who doesn't like to laugh?

Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart, because who doesn't like to laugh?

Julia Roberts
The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.

The key to beauty is always to be looking at someone who loves you, really.

Julia Roberts
True love doesn't come to you it has to be inside you.

True love doesn't come to you it has to be inside you.

Julia Roberts
We've all been broken at some point. Forgiving ourselves or another person helps us move forward.

We've all been broken at some point. Forgiving ourselves or another person helps us move forward.

Julia Roberts
Life is so precious. Please, please, let's love one another, live each day, reach out to each other, be kind to each other. Peace be with you. God is great.

Life is so precious. Please, please, let's love one another, live each day, reach out to each other, be kind to each other. Peace be with you. God is great.

Julia Roberts
Loving what you do is the secret to everything.

Loving what you do is the secret to everything.

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You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness.

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Magic to me is you make a movie and it's all great and it clicks, and at the end of the day you feel like you're having an experience that is positive and that you're learning from.

Magic to me is you make a movie and it's all great and it clicks, and at the end of the day you feel like you're having an experience that is positive and that you're learning from.

Julia Roberts
Every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesn't mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because that's impossible.

Every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesn't mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because that's impossible.

Julia Roberts
The things that are correct for me will come to me at the time that I am interested in them and have the capacity, the understanding, to do them.

The things that are correct for me will come to me at the time that I am interested in them and have the capacity, the understanding, to do them.

Julia Roberts
I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships.

I just have a great life. I know great people. I've had great relationships - all different kinds of relationships.

Julia Roberts
I am completely happy with my life. I love everything about it.

I am completely happy with my life. I love everything about it.

Julia Roberts
Whenever you are faced with someone who has made far more errors in judgment and far more mistakes than you, you have a tendency to get on your high horse.

Whenever you are faced with someone who has made far more errors in judgment and far more mistakes than you, you have a tendency to get on your high horse.

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I was fortunate to work a lot, and I worked hard, and I was very devoted to that, and then I earned this jewel box of a life that I felt completely entitled to.

I was fortunate to work a lot, and I worked hard, and I was very devoted to that, and then I earned this jewel box of a life that I felt completely entitled to.

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Going to the theater is such a joyous experience.

Going to the theater is such a joyous experience.

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I was lucky that I made a few movies in a row that people really responded to - not me, particularly, but the films as a whole were appreciated.

I was lucky that I made a few movies in a row that people really responded to - not me, particularly, but the films as a whole were appreciated.

Julia Roberts
I think that I am a deeply optimistic person.

I think that I am a deeply optimistic person.

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My life at home gives me absolute joy. Having so much time there with the family has just been incredible. My life has changed and I work less, but I was never really one to work too much.

My life at home gives me absolute joy. Having so much time there with the family has just been incredible. My life has changed and I work less, but I was never really one to work too much.

Julia Roberts
Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!

Sally Field taught me to do needlepoint on 'Steel Magnolias,' and a standby painter on 'Pelican Brief' taught me to knit. I'm pretty good at it now!

Julia Roberts
It's increasingly rare for me to find things that challenge me as an actor because the challenge of my personal life, and how fulfilling I find it, is tough to compete with.

It's increasingly rare for me to find things that challenge me as an actor because the challenge of my personal life, and how fulfilling I find it, is tough to compete with.

Julia Roberts
People don't come up to me very often. Everyone is always in such disbelief that I can go to the market.

People don't come up to me very often. Everyone is always in such disbelief that I can go to the market.

Julia Roberts
The kind of energy I attract is very calm.

The kind of energy I attract is very calm.

Julia Roberts
Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature.

Two of my three siblings are older, so I suppose I learned from them and became a very avid reader at a young age, which I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature.

Julia Roberts
I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.

I have very smart parents. I feel I learned a lot from both of my parents and life experience.

Julia Roberts
I don't spend a lot of time in the mirror.

I don't spend a lot of time in the mirror.

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I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

I don't wake up with some sense of fabulosity.

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Actually, I'm not crazed about what I eat.

Actually, I'm not crazed about what I eat.

Julia Roberts
Seeing Shakespeare in the Park, for me, it's just this side of feeling like you've witnessed some kind of magic. It's this spell that you're under, to be part of that!

Seeing Shakespeare in the Park, for me, it's just this side of feeling like you've witnessed some kind of magic. It's this spell that you're under, to be part of that!

Julia Roberts
Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old.

Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old.

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