When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.

You just can't complain about being alive. It's self-indulgent to be unhappy. When asked how she has coped since husband's death.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.

It was more freedom than I think most people get when they're starting out - or even when they're not starting out. He [John Cassavetes] did his thing and I did whatever I thought.

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

I loved Bette Davis when I was little and when I was big and when I got old.

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

I just loved Bette Davis and the fact that I had a chance to work with her [on the 1979 TV movie Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter] was momentous.

You can't avoid success if you disown your fear.

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.

Don't degrade your soul to the extent of believing in curses. No man can curse you except your maker.

Aristotle said: "Evil brings men together."

What can be said about a man who is interested in nothing but his painting? It's a pity if a man can only interest himself in one thing. But I can't do any thing else. I have only one interest.

Waiting time is not wasting time. Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life.

It was really cool being out on the road and doing school with my tutor over Skype or on the phone, but it can definitely be difficult.

Neurotics dream of a good life, or a great suicide note.

One action produces a reaction; that is karma.

I need to broaden my horizons.