You're not going to do good work if you're not choosing something because it inspires you.

What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary.

Having an education is invaluable.

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

Honestly, I'm always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

I have a couple of girlfriends who are like healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward.

Being a mother has absolutely forced me. You have to write things down and have systems for all of it. And then you set up systems and you realize they don't work.

To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And I'm more looking with hope for something fascinating.

I'm 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh.

I love to roast vegetables - carrots, fennel, and so on. I also love to mash or puree pretty much any vegetable!

I like playing music. I don't always like the feeling of people looking at me. I don't think I'm, like, a natural performer, but I'm getting better.

Even marginal progress could be affected by investigations in Little Rock and in Washington.

I don't look like a lot of fun. I just don't.

I consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for public service.

If you don't dream big, there's no use of dreaming. If you don't have faith, there's nothing worth believing.

My music is rock. I listen to Red Hot Chili Peppers and I listen to one of my songs, and if I don't give you the same emotion, then I go back and re-spit.

The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?

You carry forever the fingerprint that comes from being under someone's thumb.

What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.