You're always going to make mistakes. That's life. You just want to grow from them and try to make as few as possible. That's why you do reach out an….

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be..

As a producer, you really have - you're able to hand-pick all the talent that you want to be surrounded with..

As long as we dare to dream and don't get in the way of ourselves, anything is possible - there's truly no end to where our dreams can take us..

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive..

As a performer, I don't like to play the same thing over and over. I like to play it and let it go and move on. That's also why television hasn't rea….

I really chase the things that I want..

New Yorkers have this special spot in Central Park, where they do this 5K run, the minute the clock strikes twelve. I ran once, and I'll never do tha….

It's hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction, for women especially. I find that these true life stories about these women that I'm ….

My relaxation has always been my animals - going to the dog park with them, going to the beach..

I really enjoy playing with someone else and whether it's chess or tennis or games, I love card games. I love that, but I think there's something so ….

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies..

Sometimes you have to get to the heart of a character through your heart. Your own heart. And it's what makes us similar and what makes us different..

I think what's great about that relationship between an actor and a Director is you have to really blow away all your thing, the safety things that y….

You have to be precisely in the moment in order to box. And I just love that. I just love the idea of right now we're here, be here..

There's so much I want to do as an actor. I feel like there's so much more that I want to achieve and that I can achieve..

I think about how I'm spending my money, and I like to spend on my family..

I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator..

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby..

I stopped trying to chase the perfect place to be, and realized the perfect place is with your loved ones and your closest friends, around the dinner….