If I didn't have my films as an outlet for all the different sides of me, I would probably be locked up..

What surprised me about directing is how much I loved it and how happy I am to be on the set. I love coming to work in the morning. What I realized i….

They say it's better than sex. It's so much better. It's amazing..

Barefoot or first thing in the morning, I feel beautiful. I didn't always feel that way, but I feel that way now. When somebody loves you, and when y….

I wanted to educate myself about the world and I wanted to know what was happening to people in other countries. I feel now I have only just begun..

What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express something. It very rarely ….

I just started reading lots of books and then called the United Nations and asked if they could educate me. The more I got involved, the more I sudde….

I'd like there to be less refugees. I'd like all girls to go to school. That's what we need to be thinking about, and working on making our own famil….

I've had a wonderful career and I'm very happy to have had all of the opportunities that I've had to tell stories and work for as long as I have. I'm….

I think every teenager is a hero. When we are young we feel so much pain. Go to school is like going to war, people let you down all the time. Someti….

With doing the movies I've done I don't think I would be half the person I am today..

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing..

I have to concentrate on my son. That's why I have lovers right now and not a boyfriend. I don't want my son to start calling somebody Daddy unless t….

I never thought I'd have children; I never thought I'd be in love, I never thought I'd meet the right person. Having come from a broken home - you ki….

Love one person, take care of them until you die. You know, raise kids. Have a good life. Be a good friend. And try to be completely who you are. And….

The Coen brothers said something that helped me, "When you put the book down, you have a certain feeling, a certain understanding. That's what they n….

I love great journalism. I appreciate it. I love good news stories. I love great books. I love great articles. I appreciate them so much, and they've….

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion. It doesn….

I've been fortunate in that I've been able to have that balance as an actress to be able to do the wild, fun action movies and also be allowed to do ….

I don't really send text messages. I rarely carry my phone. I occasionally check messages at the end of the night, but I don't carry it around..