What do dreams know of boundaries?

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

One does not travel, any more than one falls in love, to collect material. It is simply part of one's life...

I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that's just the best way to live.

I bet Maurice Gibb's heart monitor was singing the tune of Stayin' Alive.

When anything gets freed, a zest goes round the world.

I'd have to say I've become more aware of my communal responsibility.

Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no.

The Sins of Scripture is an interesting title; most people don't put sins and scripture together in the same title. It jars people.

The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss.

But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?

There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.