You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself.

You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job and then you have the ones that just hover around.

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.

The way I sometimes approach my work, when I look at a script for the first time, is to identify what the archetypes are and what the writing is trying to do in that context.

As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel.

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

Нou're always in constant dialogue with your interior self versus your exterior self: how you look, and how you're perceived, and then people's preconceived notions of you.

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.

It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.

I wore a pink Betsey Johnson dress to my prom, and I pretty much looked like a pink cupcake. I loved that dress!

Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance

Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not when others stop.

The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.

Lately, the world felt fragile, like a blown egg, as if it might shatter beneath a careless touch.

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.

What a man misses mostly in heaven is company.

The future cannot be legislated. All that can be done is to anticipate its most important movements and to clear the path for them.

Strategy is something anyone can learn. But not all coaches take the time to understand a man's personality.

I don't think that there would be more users if drugs were legalized.

I'd say he's done more than that.