I have stunning friends. I value my friendships as I value my family.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

I, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.

The doctor is effective only when he himself is affected. Only the wounded physician heals.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition. . . Charity: The ability to love the sinner and hate the sin.

All thinking is done with the glands. Logic is added later to tidy things up.

If certain Critics were as clearsighted as they are malignant, how great would be the benefit to be derived from their writings!

The world is knowable, harmonious, and good.

Repentance is not punishment, it is the hope filled path to a more glorious future.

Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild horse in us.

If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right.