When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

I'm tired of playing the brat.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

You sleep with people all the time that you hate.

I'm tired of answering questions about myself.

I live in New York full time. I can't live in L.A., because I fear people think I'm a vagrant there.

In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest.

Definitely, my approach is me-oriented. I feel like my job is to safeguard the believability of the emotions of the character.

I think it's true that we shouldn't apply a strict litmus test and the most important thing in any judge is their capacity to provide fairness and justice to the American people.

For children, Christmas is anticipation. For adults, Christmas is memory.

Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day, telling her I was telling jokes for a living.

No good work whatever can be perfect, and the demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art.

I get out, I get out of all your boxes. I get out, you can't hold me in these chains. I'll get out. Father free me from this bondage. Knowin' my condition is the reason I must change

The most critical threat to our freedom is a failure to appreciate the power of truth.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure

Ive tried to avoid labels, but they always find you.

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces.

I'm not really satisfied. I've done all right, but there's room for improvement.