I had a really great experience so far with film acting. And most experiences from most actors, I've heard, are not like this. But I want a career that has many disciplines and many options.

Grief, no matter where it comes from, can only be resolved by connecting to other people.

Mature? Yeah, I get told that a lot. I don't know if it's true. I guess I try to be bright.

I don't want to make any huge decisions before I really know what I'm doing and am sure of myself.

I'm kind of a private person in a way.

I'm not sure I have a natural gift. I think it's just that some people have an easier time expressing their emotions, maybe because of the way they've been raised, and I've always been expressive.

People have recognized me sometimes but not much. I'm glad my life isn't too different. I don't want it to be.

Writers are cannibals. They really are. They are predators, and if you are friends with them, and if you say anything funny at dinner, or if anything good happens to you, you are in big trouble.

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely.

Faith is never identical with piety.

PESSIMISM- philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

What nobody understood then is this: The only way that you achieve what you want and fulfill your dreams and become great is by demanding that sort of attention. You have to make it happen.

Bigotry is an odd thing. To be bigoted you have to be absolutely sure you are right and nothing makes that surety and righteousness like continence. Continence is the foe of heresy.

Outside is dark. The kitchen light is loud. It deafens me as I walk towards it.

A lot of movies are made to make us dream.

The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality.

It's better to feel sorry for doing something bad than to feel superior for doing something good.