You know, surprisingly, they don't sell a lot of brains in the local 24-hour grocery store around the corner from my house.

Opera cuts to the chase—as death does. An art which seeks, more obviously than any other form, to break your heart.

Rights begin where love ends. Shall we argue over who is the most to blame?

I'm ridiculous in my oversharing my mom and sister are very open but a little more judicious than me... and my father is a decidedly private person.

If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.

A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches.

Every man should be his own guru; every woman her own gurette.

If you're an actress and even one person knows your name, you're lucky.

I do enjoy running down a ditch full of mud, firing bullets. It’s the way I am. I love it.

I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And that can be really, really frustrating.

I find any great man, black or white, I'm going to study him, learn him so he can't be great to me no more.