Right now I just want to chill for a while. Take a hiatus from all the craziness. To clean my house, see my family. Just see some movies and pick some strawberries.

Having my son, I mean, I feel already that it makes me a better actress. Just the feeling and the love that expands in my being is more than I ever thought possible.

I know stealing a foot is weird. But, hello, living in a house where a foot is available to be stolen is weird.

It's been my dream to be in a Western, and to be able to wear the clothes, have a big gun, wear a big hat, have a big horse, and be a take-no-prisoners lady in the Civil War era.

Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.

I saw Food, Inc. last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own.

I came to L.A. to work and become a better actress, not to be a star.

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.

Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?

Blood is the symbol of the life sacrificed for sin.

Ignorance is not so damnable as humbug

Life is mostly just learning how to lose.

With the first episode [of John Mulaney Show] I tell a story that happened to me accidentally chasing a woman down the subway.

If you say what you think don't expect to hear only what you like.

Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness.

Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal: to be the best in the world at it.

Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.

It's a reality of film festivals that you can't see everything. You're dividing your time between seeing films and utilizing that unique space to have meetings with people that you can't otherwise.