Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

I met this homeless man who had never owned a shirt in his life. He had taken his pants and worn them as a shirt and I thought it was so creative. He was liberated from the conventions of fashion.

I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer pieces.

I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep that low-profile because I don't want weird people following me there. I want the experience of normal college life.

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.

I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going.

I tend to gravitate toward the more powerful roles. As opposed to the doe-eyed girl who bats her eyelashes and runs around in towels, you now what I mean? Because that kind of makes me want to vomit.

My regular school didn't know what to do with me!

I am a big fan of horror movies but I had never thought that I had wanted to act in one because I don't think that actors get to do much in them. They're usually just reacting.

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway.

I always feel like a goofy little kid.

I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. ... These two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

I think the bravest people are not the ones brave enough to die. But the ones brave enough to live.And living is different with surviving.

Crafting a plan is easy. Taking action will always prove to be the more difficult path.

Don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. That would be a dastardly lie.

Faced with a choice, do both.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

Like Adam, formed from clay, children are formed from the biological material of which they are made or by the hands of their parents.

Human nature fascinates me.

And the simple people are trash. A herd of sheep that are good for shearing, but sometimes it's more profitable to slaughter them.

Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is a business.