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.

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.

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

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.

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!

Less than 10% of the mainstream workforce can achieve their dreams where they currently work.

A man generally lives up to what is expected of him.

Sometimes pain and hurt are good things because it means you strived for something in your life.

The little boy inside of all us men always loves something video game related.

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

There's a bottomless heart hooked into all of you and it's wondering how much you care.

We need to live in mindful harmony with our feelings, not attempt to control them.

If you stick with running, the day will come when you'll want to live forever.

My most important title is Mom in Chief

America is the noisiest country that ever existed. One is waked up in the morning, not by the singing of the nightingale, but by the steam whistle.