I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.

I have to remind myself constantly to not be antisocial, because I stay to myself a lot. Im a lot more introspective than my characters.

As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where I think everyone can do the job and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesnt work hard enough.

Some of the craziest people Ive met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people Ive met.

I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.

Most people don't go to work and beat up a 13-year-old. It's a really freaky thing.

I think I was obsessed with the culture of riding. I got sick of having to date guys who rode motorcycles for me to be on them.

I find that in the science fiction world, you have almost more women fans than male fans and I think it's because there's been such a shortage of strong female characters.

My mom always said, 'Marry someone smarter than yourself, Katee, because No. 1, you're not that smart. And No. 2, then you'll have smart babies.'

If you can ride through Texas with somebody, which is 700 miles of just straight, flat freeway riding, then you can be friends with them forever.

I wasn't one to go out and buy a new car and stereo system and expensive clothes. My mom helped keep me grounded.

I went [to Hobby Lobby] this morning and bought the cutest little wicker basket to hold all my morning-after pills.

Perfection, in anything, is unbearably dull. Myself, I prefer a touch of imperfection.

Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness.

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.

I really do see the good in people, and I don't want to change that.

People can't really place me. They're not really sure who I am. Sometimes they think I'm Helen Hunt. Sometimes they think I'm Laura Dern.

I hate those e-books. They can not be the future... they may well be... I will be dead.

A real leader uses every issue, no matter how serious and sensitive, to ensure that at the end of the debate we should emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

Focus on execution rather than just the idea.