Courteney Cox Quotes & Sayings

I'm the first girl to say the word 'period' on television. — Courteney Cox

I'm a big laser believer - I really think they are the wave of the future. — Courteney Cox

At one point my dad called me and said, 'You have always been a great salesman. I think it's time you come home and sell swimming pools.' — Courteney Cox

I just am a snob when it comes to humor. — Courteney Cox

I would not be good with someone who did drugs. As long as I know something, I can deal with anything. I'm really good. But what I'm not good with is inconsistency. And I'm not good with not knowing. — Courteney Cox

Repression is fantastic. — Courteney Cox

I'm not a passive person by any stretch of the imagination. — Courteney Cox

What I wish for myself is that I could be the kind of person who just goes, 'This is what I need,' and doesn't feel bad about it. — Courteney Cox

I would probably say I identified more with drama. I'm a really emotional, sensitive person. I'm family-minded and I'm the youngest of four kids. I have nine stepbrothers and sisters. And I love drama. I really do. — Courteney Cox

Things that are really offensive make me laugh because I like things that push the envelope, go out on a limb, and are bold. — Courteney Cox

I'd feel better about myself if I did stomach crunches, but I don't. — Courteney Cox

Out of the guys, I'm closest to Matthew Perry. He's a great friend. He cracks me up[on the set]. — Courteney Cox

Always a godmother, never a mother. That sucks. I've got to get me one of those little accessories. — Courteney Cox

I don't find the whole 'cougar' word that offensive. — Courteney Cox

I want to be calm. — Courteney Cox

Some things never change and the intriguing things you fall in love with will become the things you don't like. — Courteney Cox

Is marriage for ever? I think you get married with the intention that it will be, but who knows? — Courteney Cox

Honesty is the key to a relationship. If you can fake that, you're in. — Courteney Cox

I want to change a lot. — Courteney Cox

It's nice to be able to let the fans know that you're around and say 'Hi.' — Courteney Cox

I don't have time for superficial friends. I suppose if you're really lonely you can call a superficial friend, but otherwise, what's the point? — Courteney Cox

I'd like another child, and maybe if it doesn't work out, I'll adopt. — Courteney Cox

Some people were offended by a show about cougars. — Courteney Cox

When I was a kid I didn't feel like I fit in because - this is really silly and I probably shouldn't say it, but, I didn't think anything was funny. So I used to go home and literally cry to my mom and my step-dad at the time and I didn't think anything was funny. I couldn't laugh. — Courteney Cox

I think I look very healthy. You've already seen what I've eaten, so I couldn't be anorexic, and I wouldn't throw up if you paid me $1,000, so I'm not bulimic. Okay, for $1,000 I would stick my finger down my throat, but throwing up is the worst thing in the world. — Courteney Cox

I understand how to read people, and nurture them and guide them, and let them be free to do what they want to do. — Courteney Cox

Coco is the greatest part of my life. I love everything about being a mom, but our talks and walks on the beach are my favorite moments. — Courteney Cox

It's so easy to grow apart; marriage takes work. — Courteney Cox

I have a lot of glass in my house, and I remember saying as a joke once that I clean my stuff with Windex while my friends are over, but then I found myself actually doing that the other day. It's horrible. — Courteney Cox

A lot of my humor does come from anger. It's like, you're not gonna pull one over on me - which is pretty much my motto anyways. — Courteney Cox

I've got some great guy friends. They can start out as crushes. But when you realize something isn't going to happen, you make a choice whether or not the friendship is worth it. And it usually is. Then you can laugh about the fact that you used to have a crush on him or he had one on you. — Courteney Cox

A lot of times people say, 'As soon as you relax you'll have a kid.' — Courteney Cox

I only have to do three things to look halfway decent. Curl my eyelashes, fill in my eyebrows and put some lipstick on. — Courteney Cox

I'm not a huge fan of romantic comedimes- my taste goes much more to the offbeat and dark. I'd love to sink my teeth into something like 'Fargo — Courteney Cox

I'm at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasn't competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now I've gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore. — Courteney Cox

I love that you can be laughing one minute and crying the next, and then be shocked the next. I like things that provoke emotions to such extremes. — Courteney Cox

So many people have so much trouble having kids. — Courteney Cox

I don't like venison or sushi - I don't want to eat what some people think are 'luxurious' foods. — Courteney Cox

When David Arquette and I got engaged we started therapy together. I'd heard that the first year of marriage is the hardest, so we decided to work through all that stuff early. — Courteney Cox

I'm much more of a realist. I'm really practical. I'm the kind of person that calls my business manager and says, OK, if it were all to end today, how many months do I have to live? — Courteney Cox

You never have to guess where you stand with me. — Courteney Cox

There's no doubt that motherhood is the best thing in my life. It's all that really matters. — Courteney Cox

I think it's hard, the fact that there's a certain age that we can't have kids anymore. — Courteney Cox

The questions I'm asking myself are, 'What makes me happy? Where do I want to be? What will make me happy at 50, 60 and 70?' — Courteney Cox

I would like to do a movie where the moments could be extended and you could have the freedom of that, but I'm not precious, if it moves the story and doesn't take away from it. — Courteney Cox

It's funny, because I never think of myself as Little Miss All-Together. — Courteney Cox

Sometimes I use Botox. Compared to most, I use it very sparingly. One time I did too much, though. I feel weird if I can't move my face, and that one time I overdid it, I felt trapped in my own skin. — Courteney Cox

I don't like to go to parties. — Courteney Cox

Everyone has problems. When you think you want to end your life, maybe you could be there for someone else and can learn something. — Courteney Cox

I don't use a lint brush or anything, and I don't iron, but I could easily pick lint off of someone else. — Courteney Cox

I think every relationship has a point where you stop and reevaluate. Are you happy? Have you grown together or apart? What do you share interests in? I think that's a normal thing to do, but it's so much harder when it's done publicly. — Courteney Cox

I would like to do a part that would stretch me. In America it seems to me that you just take your clothes off and that helps, but I wouldn't want to do that. — Courteney Cox

I don't want to feel I'm responsible for anorexia across the country. — Courteney Cox

I'd like to fly. — Courteney Cox

Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten! — Courteney Cox

I guess Pumas are in their 30s. Cougars in their 40s ... Jaguars are 50s, and Sabretooths go into the 60s, right? — Courteney Cox

I'm not comfortable leaving my house. If someone invites me over, I would go but it's not like I'm one to say, 'Hey, let's hang out at your house tonight.' — Courteney Cox

I love directing. — Courteney Cox

I'm not great at small talk. — Courteney Cox

I like TV. It all depends what it is. — Courteney Cox

I'm not a big clothes person. — Courteney Cox

I'm not a housewife in any way. — Courteney Cox

Cousins are people that are ready made friends, you have laughs with them and remember good times from a young age, you have fights with them but you always know you love each other, they are a better thing than brothers and sisters and friends cause there all pieced together as one. — Courteney Cox

One trick I swear by: I pour a little neroli or lavender oil onto a hot towel and use it to wipe off my makeup. It opens up my pores, and then my face cream sinks in better. — Courteney Cox

I hate shopping. — Courteney Cox

I'm not fake in any way. — Courteney Cox

I don't think I would ever quit acting, but there are other things I am interested in. I wanted to be an architect, and I wish I knew more about landscaping. — Courteney Cox

I'm not going to deny it. I'm a neat person, there's no question. But I don't become obsessed with it. — Courteney Cox

I think life is really good. — Courteney Cox

I really love houses. — Courteney Cox

What makes things exciting in life is to overcome your challenges and get creative and think outside of the box. — Courteney Cox

I have to physically attracted to someone. But I can't just be with someone just because it's great sex. Because orgasms don't last long enough. — Courteney Cox

I don't like to go out in general. — Courteney Cox

Well, actually, plucking my eyebrows is more of a hobby than a grooming tip. — Courteney Cox

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder. — Courteney Cox

Aging gracefully is one thing, but trying to slow it down is another. — Courteney Cox

When people start messing with their foreheads and can't lift their eyebrows, that's weird. — Courteney Cox

I'm not a long movie person. I have a very short attention span. If you give me a 90-minute movie, that's perfect. When it gets to be two hours, that's a little bit too long for me. — Courteney Cox

I'm a gemini, and I get so bored so easily. I mean, I have moved six times in the last eight years. — Courteney Cox

I'm kind of all over the place, and I need grounding. — Courteney Cox

As you get older, you find that everything looks better more natural! — Courteney Cox

It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate. — Courteney Cox

Oh, I do get lonely, yes. — Courteney Cox

Botox? I think it's fantastic and also horrible. — Courteney Cox

I'm a very open person. I know I open my mouth way too much, but I just do that. — Courteney Cox

You know, my mother's beautiful, my dad was a really handsome man, and there was a lot of talk about looks when I was growing up. — Courteney Cox

I get pregnant pretty easily, but I have a hard time keeping them. — Courteney Cox

I don't think I'm too thin at all. I understand when people say, 'Well your face gets gaunt,' but to get your bottom half to be the right size, your face might have to be a little gaunt. You choose your battles. — Courteney Cox