Even if the dramatic scenes are really hard, if you're happy with what you have and it's been creative and you had a good time with the people you worked with, that's a good day.

You really want to make sure that you have fun, at the end of the day. If its not fun, whats the point.

I do tend to like movies that challenge me, professionally. That's mostly on a smaller scale, when you have one or two or five actors, and it's all about the acting and not the camera.

TV is the place that writers want to be.

There are so many directors that I want to work with, but I can't tell you that there's one role. If I knew it, I would write it for myself.

Even in the big movies, if the scenes are very big, I'm not fond of them as much as I'm fond of small actor scenes.

I grew up watching a lot of Italian and French movies, so I want to have that '70s look, in my dream movie. I want that thing that's not so much happening now, that's existentialist.

God is the Prince of Peace.

You have to come to understand that your life is diminishing rapidly if you don’t convert it into valuable products.

You should never ever lose sight of your dreams.

If your coming into the world was a mistake, then you are the most beautiful error in the universe.

Everything we do means something.

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

I love America. America gave me wings.

Teach me, O lark! with thee to greatly rise, to exalt my soul and lift it to the skies.

Money is only unused power. The real purpose of wealth, after food, clothing and shelter, is philanthropy.

The progressive movement needs more crazy and amoral/immoral right-wing politicians and pundits like Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity.