I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher.

All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.

Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a "Gilmore Girls" episode, and I thought I was right for it.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

I'm constantly questioning the effects technology has had on our lives and the effect that monetary debt has had on all of us. We keep this as a dark little secret: 'This is how much interest I owe.'

We are reformers in Spring and Summer in Autumn and Winter we stand by the old reformers in the morning conservers at night.

It wasn't until after I became famous that people noticed I played in the NFL. I kind of snuck in!

In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.

We may smile and the dog may wag the tail, but in essence, we have a set program and those programs are similar across individuals in the species.

A neat and orderly laboratory is unlikely. It is, after all, so much a place of false starts and multiple attempts.

I didn't think he was a robot...but I did wonder if his emotions had been designed out of him. Of course, with a guy, how could I tell? Ha ha!

An actor can remember his briefest notice well into senescence and long after he has forgotten his phone number and where he lives.

I've known people whose faces rested naturally in a smile and I'm certain their lives were much different because of that.

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.

You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling.