I don't approach my acting as just saying a few lines and then going off-screen. It's a craft. I really invest in trying to make it a craft.

For me, the key is always trying to find the connection between the audience and the character I'm playing. That's important to me, in any work I do.

I'm a big believer in playing truth and not doing things for effect. It's not about whether you look pretty or glamorous. It's about whether people connect.

I want to be challenged. Every job I've done so far, every character has been completely different and that's really important to me because I don't want to fall into a stereotypical box.

A good actor knows exactly what the camera wants, what the sound wants, where to find the light and how to tell a good through line and journey.

It is interesting that we know how the world and the planetary systems work, but we don’t know how we think and why we are conscious.

Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.

To live a single day and hear a good teaching is better than to live a hundred years without knowing such teaching.

When people ask if the United States can afford to place on trial the president, if the system can stand impeachment, my answer is, "Can we stand anything else?

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

In my profession you have to be very strong within yourself in order to block out the rejection and block out the opinions and the commentary that happens.

Our elected politicians do what they judge is the right thing to do. And if we disagree then I'll show them the evidence of why I disagree.

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.

That each day that you love, honor, and respect your own unique point of view, you're a step closer to finding a fortune.

I'm into women. I just really like women a lot.