Why have a pet hate? Why should it be confined? My hate is both wide ranging and total.

I'm just terrible. At talking. With words.

I'm not a terribly social person, and so I have to really like people to work with them.

I think people have the capacity to be many different things and many seemingly contradictory behaviors.

To be in a video is a ridiculous thing. It's almost impossible to do it without any humour

No. I really don't think I'm cool. I'm not.

As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: "Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened" is one of the funniest lines in any film.

I only ever privately tell people stuff for the scene. And I often ask what they feel is right. Normally, by the time that we're filming, if it doesn't work, it always the script.

I've always felt that actors in my experience have a very good and accurate instinct about whether something feels right or not. They just have a sense because they have to literally do it.

I'm pretty bad at seeing new films.

The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

There would be no obstacles to overcome. We won’t fight for joy in heaven. But we are not there yet.

Above all I needed to be made to think about what it meant that I was a woman, instead of acting unreflectingly as though I were a man, bound to live out the script of a man’s life.

If you can listen to yourself and obey yourself more, then you have increased your chances for attaining personal effectiveness.

Destiny n: a tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Home is a word stronger than a magician ever spoke.

If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.

I'm not really good at being predictive, so I guess I'm willing to be surprised.

Once you have the cap and gown all you need do is open your mouth. Whatever nonsense you talk becomes wisdom and all the rubbish good sense.

The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names.