Movie Quotes to Live By: Lara Croft, Jane Smith, Lanie Kerrigan and Others!

Former Hollywood wild-child turned Oscar winner and respected U.N. Goodwill Ambassador, Angelina Jolie underwent a series of metamorphic transformations over the course of her career. On the big screen, Jolie entertains varied roles, including a psycho chick in Girl, Interrupted and now, as the voice of Grendel's Mother in the fantasy epic Beowulf.

No matter what roles Jolie has taken on, there are a few nuggets of wisdon in each character she has assumed--and we've rounded up the Top 10:

Angelina Jolie stars as Jane Smith in Mr. and Mrs. Smith

"Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet." --Jane Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005)

"I woke up this morning and I just hated everything." --Lara Croft, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

"If someone would bring me my coffee every morning before I dressed, I would be very happy. It would change the day." --Julia, Original Sin (2001)

"I've got two jobs. I've discovered that you have to work twice as hard when it's honest." --Sway, Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Angelina Jolie in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"

"Never forget what took me a lifetime to learn; you have only one heart, be true to it." –Sarah, Beyond Borders (2003)

"Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs. Yin an d Yang. Right and Wrong. Men and Women. What's pleasure without pain." --Lara Croft, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

"Don't get dead." --Casella ‘Cash’ Reese, Cyborg II: Glass Shadows (1993)

Life or Something Like It
Angelina Jolie in "Life or Something Like It"

"God gave men brains larger than dogs' so they wouldn't hump women's legs at cocktail parties." --Kate Libby, Hackers (1995)

"Someone once said, live everyday as if it were your last cause one of these it’s gonna be." --Lanie, Life or Something Like It (2002)

"Razors pain you, rivers are damp, acid stains you, drugs cause cramps, gun aren't lawful, nooses give, gas smells awful … you might as well live." --Lisa, Girl, Interrupted (1999)

source:hollywood.com