I try to see my films just once. It's like a dream you've been through when it's been intense, and you just have to go through it once more just to make sure you've had it.

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

What I love most about this crazy life is the adventure of it.

Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion.

The strong is not the one who can put on the blades at a glance, and the one who is able to raise a smile from his knees!

Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes.

What makes a person sexy is when he's not trying to be sexy.

I live for the present always. I accept this risk. I don't deny the past, but it's a page to turn.

Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another.

When you really put your heart in the work, you don't think of how you look. And I think that's the beauty of it.

For me, habit is just a synonym for death.

You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

Help us to be true, Lord. Help us to stand.

You are powerful, you are unique, you are a gift to yourself and others.

I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's work--and not with some enjoyment.

Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.

I'm sure when I have a nostalgic, teary moment in 10 years time, I'll try to put the glasses when I was 10 on and cry to myself in front of the mirror

Heads know that failing to invest in good, nutritious food is a false economy and parents won't tolerate reconstituted turkey being put back on the menu.

What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?

In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations.

When love leaves the world, all hearts are still. Tell them of my love and tell them of my pain and tell them of my hope, which still lives. For this is all I have and all I am and all I ask.