There are conservative people in all colours in America.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume - that's how clueless I was. I just thought I could show up.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to say something. Kelly's nomination would go against who President Obama is.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.

That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

My mother's a pretty warm, open person.

I would come to L.A. for a job, but I love New York.

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

I think L.A. is beautiful.

I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected.

I have a Twitter handle, but I never sign on.

When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy?

You might just find God in a mirror one day.

It's little quirks like this that could make life difficult for a chess machine.

We have turned away from the natural world. Instead, it's all about money and power.

If I weren't reasonably placid, I don't think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, you've got to be absolutely like a horse.

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

A sleeping bag is a tortilla for a human.

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

Heart-chilling superstition! thou canst glaze even Pity's eye with her own frozen tear.

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.