I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

In the end, it's not what we keep our children from that will save them. It's what we put into them in the first place.

I would not be myself without writing.

The directors you trust the most are the ones, when you ask them a question, they've got the guts to say, 'I don't know.'

I love the hour in makeup. It gives you time to think and have a cup of coffee. It's my favorite part of the day.

The day I leave the power, inside my pockets will only be dust.

This is a particular thing, you know, catholic stories of martyrs who had their head removed and then continued to be miraculous in the last moments of their life.

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

The American conscience died with the Kennedys.

I had to read Wuthering Heights for English and I never enjoyed a book in all my life as much as that one.

If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.