A movie's very different from the book, and it's different from the script, and it's usually one person's vision.

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

I'm tired of playing the brat.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

You sleep with people all the time that you hate.

I'm tired of answering questions about myself.

I live in New York full time. I can't live in L.A., because I fear people think I'm a vagrant there.

In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest.

You know, we do a lot of complaining here in America. And that itself is something they can't do in a lot of other countries.

Popularity has everything to do with business and nothing to do with music.

Heartbreak has an archetypal core, all heartbroken individuals suffer from the same kind of torture.

I don't care who wins, I'll fight either one of them. As a matter of fact, I'll fight them both on the same night if they want.

Women are proverbially credulous.

I have said all along that I would know when it would be time to step down, and now is that time.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

Unity is power; without unity women cannot fight for their rights anywhere.

Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.

Business first; pleasure afterwards.