I think every metropolitan city has its pockets of - that's what makes them great.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

If we do not know what future the present is leading us toward, how can we say whether this present is good or bad, whether it deserves our concurrence, or our suspicion, or our hatred?

The Goddess teaches us that every ending is also a beginning. May there be rebirth from this death.

Religious ceremonies are of paramount importance in Bali ( an island, don't forget, with seven unpredictable volcanoes on it-you would pray, too).

Rise and take your stance once again

Take my love, take my land. Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me.

You can think negatively or positively. If you are a positive thinker, you will base your decisions on faith rather than fear.

Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.

A tattoo doesn't make you look like an individual.

It is the 1st mild day of March. Each minute sweeter than before... there is a blessing in the air.

When you are tough on yourself, life is inevitably easy. When you are easy on yourself, life will be inevitably difficult.