If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.

Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.

One of my foolish qualities is to jump boldly, and then think about it later.

If I like a film, I usually appreciate the way it was made the first time.

My guiltiest pleasure is reading a novel with a glass of wine. I love to read voraciously. I always have. And I love to lose myself in a good book.

I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.

As someone who tried to be great. I don't know if one ever gets to greatness, but I've put in a good effort, and will continue to do so.

I'm able to inspire other people, to see the potential of a career, they can look to me and see that they can do it.

When you're in the middle of your depression, pay good attention to it, because, tended carefully, you never know where it might lead you.

I suspect each of us uses the past to prop up the bruised present. It’s a clumsy try for the comfort of normality.

Four out of five doctors prescribe baseball for whatever ails you. The fifth guy is a quack.

I'd much rather go out and have music randomly presented to me by different DJs than stay home and discover it on my own.

The only nature I'm interested in is my own nature.

I didn't grow up in the typical happy American home, but music was always a safe and wonderful place for me to go.

I believe in a civil society we should do as much as possible not to have firearms in any guise, but obviously they are a necessary function of policing.

The genuiness of our worship cannot be measured in decibels of sound, and although it is vital that we express our love for God vocally, He looks to see the evidence in our lives.

No doubt soaring cathedrals, stirring music, moving stories and parables, help a bit. But by far the most important variable determining your religion is the accident of birth.

In the darkest days of European history, America stood close by us and today we stand close by America. Nothing will ever be the same.