She said, 'No, you learned that you have power - power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you. With those two things, you can go anywhere and everywhere.

I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.

My mother's gifts of courage to me were both large and small. The latter are woven so subtly into the fabric of my psyche that I can hardly distinguish where she stops and I begin.

Go, " she whispered. "Go. Show them you spell your name W-O-M-A-N.

They may have forgotten how badly they treated you, or they may pretend that they have forgotten. But watch: They will come back to you.

Trust your brain to suggest a solution, then have the courage to follow through.

I want you to write down your blessings.

My father is using me as a message of hope. My sister is using me as a message of fear.I don't want to be used by anybody.

There are some women who seem to be born without fear just as there are people who are born without the ability to feel pain. ... Providence appears to protect such women maybe out of astonishment.

I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me.

I like movies that have strong personalities, and Michel Gondry is so creative that his films are always something special to watch.

I'm a little nervous of older male fans.

It was the first time that I came face to face with madness and feared it and was fascinated by it.

Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.

Like a duck on the pond. On the surface everything looks calm, but beneath the water those little feet are churning a mile a minute.

Manipulating [is] just the way to proceed, to convince that what you're doing is important. Is nothing more than that. Everyone is manipulating.

I am going to love you now, slow and sweet.