When I walk into a screening, I'm nervous in a different way than I am as an actor. But the response is ultimately I know how I feel about it and that's what matters to me the most.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.

Every journey starts with fear.

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

No matter how dark and hopeless a situation might seem, never stop praying.

I wonder what it would be like to be with a boy who blushes when he looks at my skin.

In comedy writing, a sitcom plot is basically the same thing: What's the worst thing that could happen? But you're playing it for comic effect. It's a similar muscle being used with Black Mirror.

I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.

A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes.

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.

The prettiest dresses are worn to be taken off.

It has long been my conviction that a masked man with a gun is a target. I see no reason to change that view.

We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it's a fire or a flood, we learn something from it so we can respond to the next one better.

To care for the natural world is the most effective insurance policy we can have