I love being outside and getting fresh air.

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

You express different energies at different times in your life.

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

A lot of times being "completely objective" means seeing the world through a patriarchal eye.

Politics itself is so unsexy, isn't it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored - not used as a vehicle - the results can be really interesting.

I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I'm actually a little indignant, because I started taking singing lessons years ago - I put the time in!

You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance.

Not to get overly psychological about this, but it's probably why I became an actress in the first place: for that kind of freedom and refuge, as well as for the fact that I just love acting so much.

A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.

Most people don't plan to fail they fail to plan.

Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson.

I love Chicago. I have big investments in Chicago, and I think it's a great city.

Lord Jesus, I pray that this day I may take up my cross and follow you.

The work of bestial degradation, begun by the victorious Germans, had been carried to its conclusion by the Germans in defeat.

Hey ma, your bad boy did good!

This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin.

American corporations hate to give away money.