I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

His ghost comes back to be remembered. If he can’t be in this life, he procures a way to stay in orbit, and in that way, is never forgotten.

Perfume acts as an anesthetic. By the time she floats a little your way, you'll promise her anything.

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.

Swift was the race, but short the time to run.

I heard this theory once that love means your subconscious is attracted to someone else’s subconscious.

Reality is nothing more than a collective hunch.

The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.

Nuclear holocaust might eliminate the Internet.

Everything is tedious when one does not read with the feeling of the Author.