For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.

Above all things I believe in love.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.

...as an actor there's nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It's so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say 'no more.

The thing no one understood about Gwendolyn Reese was that she was three ages at once: thirty chronologically, forty-five intellectually and fifteen experientially.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

It is a great deed to leave nothing for tomorrow.

I do remember, as a child, that I always imagined, when I was maybe 6 or 7, my fantasy was that everywhere I went I was being followed by an invisible film crew.

It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

I believe that having something new happen, no matter how small, is what makes for a healthy day, no matter how many days may be left.

Scratch an artist and you surprise a child.

Everyone is vulnerable who is at once gifted and gregarious.

Fare thee well, and if for ever Still for ever fare thee well.

My art is not abstract, it lives and breathes