I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.

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.

At one time I had given much thought to why men were so very rarely capable of living for an ideal. Now I saw that many, no, all men were capable of dying for one.

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.

Experience is what you get when you didn’t know what you wanted.

Allow yourself to let go, surrender, and breathe in the beautiful world that is waiting for you just outside of your comfort zone.

The more I learn the less I know but once you learn adversity is opportunity all you do is grow.

Believe, obey, fight.

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

I believe that laughter is the best emotional Band-Aid in the world. It's like nature's Neosporin.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

I was lucky enough to have one of the first high school classes in the country.