It is so important to remember that, while I love my job, there are other fantastic avenues to explore in my life.

The reason I feel like I act is because you get to live a million different lives in one. I don't have to go about my life.

I've always wanted to be an actor that explores different genres and different characters.

Nobody acts purely selfishly.

For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct.

I think you can't really reach the emotionally intense stuff without having built a genuine light, playful, connected energy, to begin with.

I think having healthy relationships makes me feel much more confident and available to do good work as an actor.

I think listening to people is helpful.

I don't know what another actor is going to give me, on the day, and I don't want to be so hard and fast in my technique that I'm not open to what's coming.

I know that I don't have a perfect performance that I bring to set. I bring ideas to set, and I'm more than willing for those to be affected and be malleable, based on what the other person gives me.

As an actor, I was taught, from an early age, that secrets are the most powerful thing that you can have on screen, and that what you withhold is as important as what you share.

Never be ashamed of your creativity. It simply shows everyone of how you can express your emotions through art

The best thing you can do for your kids is to show them God working in you on a daily basis.

Sometimes you have to tell a a bunch of lies to get at the truth.

We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.

In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the US and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

Earnest men never think in vain, though their thoughts may be errors.

The photograph is always more interesting than what the photograph is of.

There are no office hours for leaders.

Only the Lord knows how many children lose heart because their fathers have hard days.

You cannot decree women to be sexually free when they are not economically free.