I know that I don't have a perfect performance that I bring to set. I bring ideas to set, and I'm more than willing for those to be affected and be malleable, based on what the other person gives me.

The reason I feel like I act is because you get to live a million different lives in one. I don't have to go about my life.

I've always wanted to be an actor that explores different genres and different characters.

Nobody acts purely selfishly.

For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct.

I think you can't really reach the emotionally intense stuff without having built a genuine light, playful, connected energy, to begin with.

I think having healthy relationships makes me feel much more confident and available to do good work as an actor.

I think listening to people is helpful.

It is so important to remember that, while I love my job, there are other fantastic avenues to explore in my life.

I don't know what another actor is going to give me, on the day, and I don't want to be so hard and fast in my technique that I'm not open to what's coming.

As an actor, I was taught, from an early age, that secrets are the most powerful thing that you can have on screen, and that what you withhold is as important as what you share.

In their minds, it seems as though people don't often have the same answers, but in their hearts, they do very frequently have the same questions.

There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that you ain't learned nothing.

Those who saw Pope John Paul II either in person or through the mass media glimpsed a man who millions of Catholics believe may be one of the greatest popes in the history of the church.

Doing things for others always pays dividends.

As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.

Can a growing human population still leave space for wildlife?

Out of the chaos, the future emerges in harmony and beauty.

Traveling makes a vacation lose all appeal. You would never want to take the family to a European city. You travel a lot, but it's a job.

Findability precedes usability. In the alphabet and on the Web. You can’t use what you can’t find.

I still use quill and parchment. I do e-mails, and I write, but I don't go around surfing too much.