I try to write my own music. It's a good way of de-stressing.

Im a combination between extreme insecurity and extreme confidence.

Going to the darkest place you can to make yourself really upset and adding that with the physicality and running around, you can work yourself into hysteria that way.

I love stories about people that, whatever situation they're in, you can relate to them in a way.

When I was little, I thought about becoming a lawyer like my parents, and my mother would always tell me, "You can do anything you want - except be a lawyer."

Acting is a really strange thing. You have to know when you're put in a bad situation, but you also have to be willing to do something very strange.

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.

I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.

I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I can't really avoid getting into character.

I went to an all-girls school for part of high school, and the idea of boys was amazing to me, like, all I ever wanted to do was kiss boys and be around boys.

I think my parents saw that acting ultimately made me happy, even though it was a rough ride for a little bit. There wasn't a ton of pushback about it.

It is a shame that most people jump to simple condemnation before considering working towards salvation.

Bridges are built not to cross over it but it is built to lift you to the other side safely.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God trust also in me.

Not Churchill. Sixty-five, old for a Churchill.

The white man gets all the best catchphrases!

It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

...the landscape inside Lord of the Rings was so stunning and so stupendous that it could be absorbed as a form of nourishment.

But whether he was happy or not was hard to say. Probably he was neither, just as a plant is neither.

Can we find "The Universe in a grain of sand"? Well perhaps, but a stone seems easier to visualize.

An artist is someone who uses bravery, insight, creativity, and boldness to challenge the status quo. And an artist takes it personally.