I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.

I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.

The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.

It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

My biggest fear in life is fear.

It's still difficult for me to watch my work.

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.

I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.

I would love to play a nun. I used to want to be one when I was a kid.

God’s grace is the strength for every good deed.

People who seek the truth never stop looking for it

seesth thou a man tha isn't GRATEFUL? He is a GREAT FOOL

If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee.

. . .there is an element of Play that is almost ritualistic in Black folk life. It serves to mediate the tensions, stress, and pain of constant exploitation and oppression.

I eat like a horse - my mother still brings me Cadbury's chocolate from Britain; I do have a very healthy appetite - but I work out.

A new gadget that lasts only five minutes is worth more than an immortal work that bores everyone.

I'm not married and I don't have kids, and so I like to go to work.

We develop the kind of citizens we deserve.

Never tell a crazy person he’s crazy.