Best 35 quotes of Meg Ryan on MyQuotes

All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody.

But I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top I want it on the side and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real if it's out of a can then nothing.

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.

Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether or not they're seen is another issue.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.

If you empower women, you can change the world.

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.

I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.

Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So, we keep buying magazines, joining clubs, and doing therapy and watching movies with hit pop songs played over love montages all in a pathetic attempt to explain why our love Santa keeps getting caught in the chimney.

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.

My family responsibilities don't conflict with my career. Not at all.

My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to.  He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.

Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.

Once women find a way to form community, everyone reaps the rewards.

[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

Ordinary people like you and me have the chance to make a tremendous difference for mothers and their children worldwide

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart.

The ultimate date for me would be with someone fantastic, fun and great - and we'd go to the Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson fight.

Through Clinton and Monica, Clinton and Hillary, the scandal, the impeachment, Iraq, Bruce and Demi, Ellen and Anne, I have remained consistently and nauseatingly adorable. I have, in fact, been known to cause diabetes.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.