I've stayed away from Twitter for a long time because I sort of didn't trust myself with such an intimate but very public way of relating to the world, but I feel like I've studied it enough.

I was a total bad girl growing up.

I think women who don't understand boundaries are fascinating.

In my free time, I love to lay in bed.

Within any drama in anyone's life, there's always a way to find the humor in it. Without humor no one cares about whatever drama is going on.

People who know me would say they get a kick out of the fact that I'm always playing nice people, not that I'm not a nice person, but it's not a defining element.

Sometimes I think your face and your bearing and your energy have so much more to do with the jobs you get than the actual work and the time and the effort that you put in, or the talent even.

We had no idea what we were getting into. We thought we were just doing this little vampire movie in Portland. There was just a lot of silliness, a lot of hijinks and bad behavior.

I love, love, love to rehearse, but when you're rehearsing and then you go do it at night, it's a very weird thing.

How I Learned to Drive I think it's one of the great American plays. Its one of those plays that will be done forever, and it's timeless. I think it, for me, has so much heart and so much love.

It's interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people... Maybe I have a vulnerability or something; maybe that's what it is.

No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself.

Well, folks. That's the greatest open in the history of television -- bar none!

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.

I need something to compare this to. Could I please have a microsecond?

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

Genius is the ability to see the self-evident where the rest of the world turns blind.

There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.

We are no longer able to hear God - There are too many frequencies filling our ears.

I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.