I'm really low maintenance for a girl. I pretty much shower, attempt to fix my hair, throw on some mineral make up, and go.

I'm kind of scatterbrain and all over the place at times.

If you don't love acting more than anything else, don't do it. It's not a normal life. It will take you away from your family, friends and life in general.

My must-have hair products are Phyto silk spray and Kusco-Murphy setting lotion.

You are a little soul carrying about a corpse, as Epictetus used to say.

I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled.

I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply religious and my mother was not.

Tranquil as a forest, but on fire within, once you find your center, you are sure to win.

My goal is to simplify complexity.

I want to get married before I'm 30. And I'd like to win an Oscar before then.

Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

The eternity of the spirit does not begin after death ... but is, like God, always present.

A writer once said to me, If you ever go to America, go either to the East Coast or the West Coast: The rest is a desert full of bigots. That's what I think I'd like . . . a version of pastoral.

I dont see things with gender, race and culture