I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job and then you have the ones that just hover around.

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.

The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context.

You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself.

As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel.

Нou're always in constant dialogue with your interior self versus your exterior self: how you look, and how you're perceived, and then people's preconceived notions of you.

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.

It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.

I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress!

Never loan your heart to hatred

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still.

We can graciously survive life by faith.

low income does not mean low expectations

I can't say that period talk is my favorite bonding arena. But I also think it's sort of funny.

Think thoughts that make you feel good, make choices that make you feel good, and take actions that make you feel good.

We don't have a word for the opposite of loneliness, but if we did, I could say that's what I want in life.

The most amazing thing about young men is how invisible they were to you when you were young. It is also the most poignant.

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

Lots of folks are forced to skimp to support a government that won't.