178 Notable Quotes By Julia Roberts On Love, Life, Relationship & Happiness
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 went out in my goddamn underwear too!
I've sort of grown into my cuteness.
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!'
![[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/julia-roberts-109996.jpg)
[Never underestimate] the power of dinner.
I certainly take work as a joyous responsibility.
![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.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/julia-roberts-109992.jpg)
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.
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.
I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.
You know when people are stupid, it frustrates me.
I am an actor and of course I respond very positively to flattery.
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.'
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.
In case I forget to tell you later, I had a really good time tonight.
I'm definitely a practicing Hindu.
The babies are amazing ... They begin each day all warm and sleepy, smelling of promise.
![The man's [Bush] embarrassing. He's not my president and he never will be either.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/julia-roberts-109981.jpg)
The man's [Bush] embarrassing. He's not my president and he never will be either.
I don't think fame changes people. People change as they gather more experiences and information about life.
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.
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?
![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.](https://www.wisdomly.net/images/quotes/julia-roberts-109976.jpg)
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.
I want to go someplace where I can marvel at something.
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'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad.
Babies aren't really born of their parents. They are born of every kind word, loving gesture, hope, and dream their parents ever had.
It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it.
Happiness isn't happiness unless there's a violin-playing goat.
I would like to learn to play the cello. I would like to paint. I would like to fully understand the concept of pi.
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.
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.
