I'm not really a storyteller myself - I tend to get all tangled up when I try and tell stories.

If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake... I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.

Loving someone means that you will inevitable grieve for them

There is strong shadow where there is much light.

Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.

Boys don't really like big nerdy glasses. Not so much.

You're pulling out and someone says, 'hey, you know what, go ahead and take my spot', miracle.

The Bible doesn't explain everything necessary for our intellectual satisfaction, but it explains everything necessary for our obediance.

NEVER let other people's opinions of you determine your destiny.

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

Mutual funds are an overrated investment heavily promoted by Wall Street.

I think thy horse will sooner con an oration than thou learn a prayer without book.