Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work..

You have to live life in the moment and get the most out of it..

I'm not weird, just different from people who aren't different..

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity..

There is nothing more important in life than love..

Art does not exist only to entertain, but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for truth..

Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed..

I'd take out a joint and light it. First, just faking it. Then I started lighting live joints, passing them around to the band, you know. I was great….

I believe in love and lust and sex and romance. I don't want everything to add up to some perfect equation. I want mess and chaos. I want someone to ….

Thank God there were a couple of people in my life who said, "Go on, go on - you can do it!.

. . . it is true, even people with painful childhoods. . . grow up to be more interesting people. So, there's always a positive to a negative..

I never liked stardom. It's weird to me. I only like the creative process. I only like the work..

If a man wants to get it right, he's looked up to and respected. If a woman wants to get it right, she's difficult or impossible. If he acts, produce….

I started going to acting school when I was 14, and I would always have my own take on things..

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up..

My biggest nightmare is I'm driving home and get sick and go to hospital. I say: 'Please help me.' And the people say: 'Hey, you look like...' And I'….

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains..

I go by instinct - I don't worry about experience..

I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and said: 'I have your review in front of me and soon i….

Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times..

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way..