Growing up, when I was younger, I didn't feel all that tough or smart or strong. As I got older, I was able to discover my own strength.

Im a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence.

Going to the darkest place you can to make yourself really upset and adding that with the physicality and running around, you can work yourself into hysteria that way.

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way.

When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer."

I try to write my own music. It's a good way of de-stressing.

Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're put in a bad situation, but you also have to be willing to do something very strange.

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.

I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.

I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I can't really avoid getting into character.

I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me, like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.

Your prayers for others and the universe make a difference!

Mind is the king of the senses; breath is the king of the mind; and the nerves are king of the breath.

And knowledge management is a means, not an end.

Life is one big question when your starin at the clock.

Bistro cooking is good, traditional food, earnestly made and honestly displayed. It is earthy, provincial, or bourgeois; as befits that kind of food, it is served in ample portions.

This is the land of dreamings, a land of wide horizons and secret places. The first people, our ancestors, created this country in the culture that binds us to it.

I came very close to quitting my job for the Bush-Cheney '04 campaign. I seriously considered packing up my office and heading home to Colorado.

The point is not to direct someone, but to direct oneself.

Trust is precious and easily wasted, and guessing is a lousy foundation for future progress.

Wherever you go, east, west, north or south, think of it as a journey into yourself! The one who travels into itself travels the world.