My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.

I really wanted to be nasty and mean and bad. It's so much easier than being the good girl

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

People work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there

In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.

Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy

I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well

I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup.

After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it comes from and what it feels like

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

When I discovered music — when I discovered the craft of shaping a song — my being fell into place.

I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we'll augment our intelligence.

To be fearless no matter what happens-that is the root of true happiness. To move forward resolutely regardless of what lies in store-that is the spirit, the resolve, that leads to human victory.

It's much easier to do a fight sequence between two people, if one of the two people in the fight is a stunt person, or you're going to risk somebody getting hurt.

When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you.

I decided to go to Latin America because many of my students in Washington emigrated from this region and inspired me to learn more about their home countries.

I have little tolerance for incompetence, sloppy thinking, and laziness.