In animation, there's silly things I get to do with my voice. I get to have a wider range, so my voice gets to dance more than it does on camera.

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.

It's a roll of the dice when you're a first time director so I prefer to work with people that know more than I do, but that happens less and less as you get older.

Do something good for yourself today. You matter.

I always tell actors, "Don't think of it as unemployment when you don't have a job. You have to think of it as being in preparation for your next job." You have to be always preparing for success.

Men, we don't need you in shining armor. We just need you a little bit brave, just a little bit brave.

The actor side of me loves to get dressed up and I feel like Cinderella when I'm in diamonds.

It would be good if you opened your heart to the fullness of time and spirit.

I really didn't like Batgirl. I was like, "No, if I'm not gonna be Batman, I'm not gonna play." Maybe they could write an evil female super villain who takes over Batman, and nobody knows.

I was always an actress, even as a little kid, and fantasy, horror, sci-fi stories are really all about playing make believe. I just never grew out of that.

Sadly, I really want to be Batman ... and I just never will be.

But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent, but wasted, and for all that we waste we shall be accountable.

Don’t miss the opportunity to fly with eagles tomorrow because chickens invited you to run with them today.

To the rich, therefore, falls the burden of Beauty. And if they cannot assume it, then they deserve to die.

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

God is great. God is glorious.

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

If there is some profound method that offers a quick way, we would rather follow that than undertake arduous journeys and difficult practices. But some manual work and physical effort is necessary.

It's important to cultivate a tolerance and patience with uncomfortable feelings. It's best to feel them.

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

I think Donald Trump needs to be judged on his own words and his own behavior and the American voter is getting ample evidence on which they can make that judgment.