There were moments where people took the to streets and small rebellions, but ultimately it's a change in consciousness - so how do you capture that and bring the piece to light?

I am really not of the school of naturalism. I like style, and you can use more style in theater than in film roles. I love to sink my teeth into a part.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

You express different energies at different times in your life.

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

I love being outside and getting fresh air.

A lot of times being "completely objective" means seeing the world through a patriarchal eye.

Politics itself is so unsexy, isn't it? But when the politics in creative works are really explored - not used as a vehicle - the results can be really interesting.

I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

I grew up on musicals, and I know they are quite the thing now, but I'm actually a little indignant, because I started taking singing lessons years ago - I put the time in!

You have your structure, but within it, it gets fuller and you can highlight other parts of the performance.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Ignorance is pass from one generation to other.

Truth by definition is exclusive. If truth were all-inclusive, nothing would be false.

God's promises are not always fulfilled as quickly as or in the way we might hope; they come according to His timing and in His ways.

Hopefully America will forgive me.

Writing poetry is like always being in love. What masochism! What luxury!

Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Whatever you're scared of doing, Do it.

We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference.

That was the whole point of being special: You existed to make sure everyone else behaved, but that didn't mean YOU had to.

I never had, or wished for, power over you. That isn't true, of course. I wanted the greatest power of all. but not advantage, or authority.