It's really important for actors to feel that they're more than something for hire.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.

I think that in a general sense, the idea of getting comfortable with the truth in life is uncomfortable.

I love to work. I love to have complexity.

For me, as an actress, one of the most essential things that I need to know is what do I want for and from the people around me in the story.

The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way.

It is really wonderful for me to understand that there are times in life when your job, and the excellence of your job, requires to not be - have the comfort zone of being popular.

I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't know about that, what it means - well, I guess I'd better, or my part's in trouble.

In low-income countries, getting to a health post is hard. It's very expensive.

The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much, Laurel thought.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.

Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds

The magic, the wonder, the mystery and the innocence of a child’s heart are the seeds of creativity that will heal the world.

In growing up, I was a child of the movies. I went to the movies every given opportunity, and that's pretty much what has informed a lot of my choices.

The funny thing about gold is how quickly it can tarnish.

My books are so tame!

You can't run away from your identity. Even if I went to another band, I'd still be Lips from the band Anvil. I've spent my entire life trying to be that, that's what I am. There's nowhere to run.

Government is best which governs least