There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.

But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do and hope it's good.

I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.

All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills

Life is about the moments you create, that you can keep with you forever.After everything is over, That is what we have or what we are left with.

The sky is the limit only for those who aren't afraid to fly!

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

We have to do our jobs better, more tirelessly and stop whining about it.

I don't need debt. And if I need debt, if I want debt, I can get it from banks in New York City very easily.

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.

You should ask the president what he thinks about America.

Want, or desire, arises when you are not happy. Have you seen this? When you are very happy then there is contentment. Contentment means no want.

I'm a dad, and that's really important to me, and I realize now that I'm a dad that it's a major part of my identity.