The first thing I ask when Im offered a part is, Whos the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

Its so funny whenever things come full circle.

Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

When [we]were first married, [Wade] begged me to be practical...thank God I lived by my credo: 'Veni, vidi, visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.

It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26.

I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. Theyre in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four!

To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play.

I try to tell myself I’m not schizophrenic. But when I’m not acting, I’m not alive. Everyday is just not heightened enough for me. I’m more focused, more interesting when I’m working.

I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone.

I think these are terrible times to be anything in.

I'm not too heavy?" she asked. He had just come off crutches, after all.Sophie, you're practically a midget, " he reminded her.

I love tiny, plastic realistic food magnets. I don't know why. They're hilarious.

An unprejudiced mind is probably the rarest thing in the world; to nonprejudice I attach the greatest value.

Life is short. Eternity is long.

So don't be average. Don't be good. Don't be great. Be phenomenal. Or be forgotten.

They's times when how you feel got to be kep' to yourself.

I haven't come to tell you I've got juice I just produce, create, innovate on a higher level

I am very driven. I do believe in what I call "the G factor." I must be spirit led.

The only thing that sustains one through life is the consciousness of the immense inferiority of everybody else, and this is a feeling that I have always cultivated.

I think "punk" should really be defined as paving your own way creatively and by defying any sort of orthodoxy or commercial pressure.