I'm always studying something or trying to learn something, keep myself creatively occupied, because I think that energy can get kind of destructive if it doesn't have somewhere to go.

In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity.

I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.

I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to come out most acutely in stories about families.

I kind of moved out of the town I grew up in as quick as I could. I left right after high school.

We have our whole lives to try and get a glimpse of what that could be, in our own life. It's so exciting.

And I think a lot of us have fantasies of going back to where we're from, or when we do go back we're so nostalgic about it.

I read something about, "Why do actresses get plastic surgery," we like to look at pretty people, but I don't. I like to look at all faces, young, old.

Actors are always weird about acting with their spouse or their boyfriend or girlfriend, but more because they think audiences will find it boring.

For me, there are a lot of things you can imagine as an actor, and then there are things that you know in your bones and in your cells once they happen to you.

I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.

I always returned from my travels with new books.

Is true, you do feel better about things the further you run from it

I felt so skinless at times! Things hit me so hard!

Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began.

The nations must be organized internationally and induced to enter into partnership, subordinating in some measure national sovereignty to worldwide institutions and obligations.

They were very considerate, I must say. Every time I felt I was about to slip out of these fingers and would yell for help, they'd let me down and re-organize things.

Outside of Christ, my songs have no value

A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.

When did the lemons learn the same creed as the sun?

I was an equal opportunity eater. Every ethnic group got a shot.