Once you become a producer, you're really selling something. It is a control issue, because you don't really know how it's going to pan out, but the creative control makes it work it.

I believe in struggle. And I believe that the struggle is beautiful. You have to try it or you will never know what's beyond it.

If I really knew how to do good storytelling, I would be a writer. Mystery is not a huge part of it. ... It's tension, it's relationships. I think it's a struggle.

The most magical moments for me come from the little ones in elementary school. They ask adorable and meaningful questions.

To me good storytelling is about journeys. It's about people's journeys, people's discoveries and how they deal with those discoveries; circumstances that put people in different situations.

When I take a role I wonder how I can use it to find out who I really am. I don't think I'm so rare a person.

There are just times when your body and your soul feed into a character and you somehow meet at the point where that character truly lives in you. It happens in plays, in TV, in films.

I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.

I've always been creative, with a huge amount of energy.

I want to be in a position where I feel comfortable selling an idea.

Facebook is one way to be able to communicate in a quick way. I never hired a firm to send out pictures and such so I am lame that way. All I can say is how grateful I am for the fans I have.

Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.

Any system was a straightjacket if you insisted on adhering to it so totally and humorlessly.

International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.

I just remember I wanted to make my own dynasty and not keep following trends. I wanted to make my own.

Some might say we lose ourselves in a good book. In truth, we find ourselves.

I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long.

Gymnastics is not at all as popular as, for example, soccer. Gymnastics as a sport isn't promoted very well.

The moon is brighter since the barn burned.

A little showbiz never hurt anyone.

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.