I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.

Nowadays, with digital printing, it's so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what make a piece.

I’m trying to make other people recognize something of themselves rather than me.

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.

The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.

I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.

If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldn’t make it. It was almost like it was made already – the challenge is more about trying to make what you can’t think of.

I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear.

The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it.

The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going to go around espousing theoretical bullshit about feminist stuff.

[My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at least try them on.

Greatness comes from the inside and once you believe you have it, it's yours to share with the world.

Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it?Toby: God bless America.

Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence.

Washington is a mean town where human sacrifice has been raised to an art form.

I lost agents and managers because I turned down big movies that were smutty.

Science and policy-making thrive on challenge and questioning; they are vital to the health of inquiry and democracy.

My weight doesn't really fluctuate, but I make sure I don't eat late at night. It's about making sure I'm right physically because mentally I'm OK.

Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta good at something.

This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

Ideas are useless unless used. The proof of their value is in their implementation. Until then, they are in limbo.