I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!

You only do good work when you're taking risks and pushing yourself.

I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.

You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?

My knees buckled. It's the last thing I expected

My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.

I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.

You can't be a woman and not be a feminist, I don't think. If you care about the world and the world you exist in and your rights.

I'll try and get through as much as my voice and nerves and knees will let me.

I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.

I love disappearing. That's what acting is. For me it's about putting on a persona, stepping into a pair of shoes. It's my face, but I'm using it as a tool for that spirit, that character.

God has already elevated your true potential on earth. So isn't it time for you to start dreaming a little bigger?

Russia has gone way beyond its legal powers to use bases in the Crimea.

Did you ever drink so much of a certain type of alcohol that you get so sick that you can never drink the same kind again ? I've decided that's how I'm going to quit drinking. One-at-a-time.

I didn't humiliate him by pointing it out because that's not how you treat friends. You don't judge them. You don't humiliate them. I bet he's been judging me all along.

What cannot be known is more revealing than what can.

Celebrate all the things you don't like about yourself. love yourself.

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me.

There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall." ~pg 426