Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.

Theater has always been terrifying to me.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback.

I think when you're on a show that takes place in N.Y.C. but film it in L.A. there is just a vibe that feels wrong.

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.

I do think there are trends in your life once youve been auditioning long enough. I was the angry teenager and then the sweet victim.

Anyone who's read all of Proust plus The Man withour Qualities is bound t be missing out on a few other titles.

Maybe she's a spaghetti girl.....straight until wet.

My work is mostly about longing, human relationships, science and children - and a little bit about ghosts and reincarnation.

No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.

Half of what we know is wrong, the purpose of science is to determine which half.

If you make people laugh too much, their blood becomes - I believe it is acidic as opposed to alkaline. It changes the oxygen level in the blood, and people are likelier to pass out at that point.

You may raise enough money to tunnel a mountain, but you cannot raise money enough to hire a man who is minding his own business.

You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

I don't want to be dragging myself on stage, year in year out, until someone else tells me it is time to go. There are certain birthdays that make you revalue your life

Just when you arrive at the apex of your skills, it's time to retire. But as it turned out, I decided that since it was the thing that I felt I did best, I owed it to all that be to pursue it.