I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.

It's easier in some ways being on the life raft and the other guy's in the boat and you can row alongside and be supportive. In some ways, that's an easier role.

But when you're in something together, it's very hard to be objective and you're very subjective.

I think that certainly my choices empower me.

Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.

I think in this movie, every time I see his work, I'm blown away by it because he, to me, he really embodied the character so powerfully and so real, so truthfully to me.

It's not that I don't see myself as hot and sexy. Don't get me wrong. No, it's not that.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

I'm not going to be remotely funny.

Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard.

There is no such thing as a neutral relationship. All your relationships affect you – some pull you down and others lift you up.

When you serve the humanity and contribute to the society without expectation, you are happy.

Hate is often an obverse form of love.You hate someone whom you really wish to love but whom you cannot love.

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Having started out in theatre, I feel an impulse to do it as much as I can

If you're still doing what mommy and daddy said for you to do (go to school, get a job, and save money), you're losing.

Nothing can be good if you do it for money or for fame.

Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.

The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart.