I don't think a lot of people are like, "I'm just quirky!" Or if they are, it's a stage they're going through as they figure out who they are. I never felt like I was choosing roles that were quirky.

I have mad luck. I'm super-good at games like backgammon or anything that requires rolling dice.

Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.

I find playwriting really painful. I love it, or I wouldn't do it, but I don't love the theater as much as I love movies.

I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.

Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.

I think action should be revealed through character, so if you have a plot problem, it's probably a character problem.

What I did have was an incredible amount of belief in myself.

I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.

I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way.

And when I get bored, it's like the worst parts of me come out. I really veer to self-destructive tendencies quickly.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Mark Twain

Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is our experience of delight, of joy. ... Pleasure will become a marker, a compass pointing to emotional true north.

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.

When in a museum, walk slowly but keep walking.

People have to be exposed to Muslims, just experience Muslims; talk to them. Reach out, read about Islam, try to find out about it.

To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.

The secret of my vigor and activity is that I have managed to have a lot of fun.

I had no desire to be an film actress, to always play somebody else, to be always beautiful with somebody constantly straightening out your every eyelash. It was always a big bother to me.

The shaman is not merely a sick man, or a madman; he is a sick man who has healed himself.