Sometimes when I read about my rebellion in print it sounds a little overrated.

I don't have high expectations anymore. Maybe they've just been beaten out of me.

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play.

Every experience makes you grow.

When you get into your 40s, it's all about lighting. It's hard. You have to face whether the way you look is your self-worth or not. Once you get beyond that, it's all about what's in your heart.

I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.

I became disconnected from the childlike play that art could be. I spent so much time fearing I wasn't good enough that I lost the sense that my artistic expression was worthy.

The darker, more complex and emotional the part is, the easier it is for me. But I don't take any of that stuff home with me at the end of the day.

People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.

I really love 'Soapdish.' I wish 'Soapdish' had more of a moment because I felt that that is a really strong, funny movie. Kevin Kline is hilarious in that movie.

Sometimes integrity is seen as a threat by those who desire control.

I never felt I left the stage.

Every single word you have spoken is sharp, sarcastic and twisted. When I thought you were abnormal you suddenly turned out to be normal. When I thought you were normal you turned out to be abnormal.

Learn to bend. It's better than breaking.

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.

Sometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me.

The ordeal is part of the commitment" Esquire Interview 10/10

There is nothing so unpardonable as to consent to a senseless, aimless, purposeless life.

Knowledge advances by steps, and not by leaps.

Apple likes me, but they strongly prefer my money.