I want to be inspired by the characters that I play and excited by the projects that I do.

I don't have phobias. I'm pretty laid back. Nothing really bothers me. I can handle things pretty well.

You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.

I was that overachieving, annoying kid who was always trying to win some contest or win the role. I look back on it now and I'm like, "Chill, man." Calm down.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I'm a really cautious person, so I don't let myself get into near-death experiences. I'm not into the idea of skydiving or anything.

I'm a huge Paul Thomas Anderson fan.

My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.

It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

It was my life, playing Juliet. From that moment on I was convinced I was going to be an actress. That was all I really wanted to do.

These animals are genetically engineered to be unable to survive in the real world. They can only live here in Jurassic Park. They are not free at all. They are essentially our prisoners.

I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy.

Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.

Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're still-born.

I'll forget about you long enough to forget why I need to

Politics is not a world for the squeamish or fainthearted.

Disney has a great tradition of enchanting children and giving them something to behold.

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.