Forgiveness frees the forgiver..

It's a special kind of acting, soap opera acting. It's hard for me..

Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction..

You always learn something about movies. Directing or acting, there's always something new. It's the technological thing; there's always something to….

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in ….

Long before I ever started acting, believe it or not, I always knew I wanted to be a director..

I had to study acting to basically educate myself..

I enjoy acting, and it's given me a ton of happiness and it's affected my life and my family's lives in ways that we just can't imagine..

I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to LA and pursued acting and film, which is sad really..

One of the things about acting is it allows you to live other people's lives without having to pay the price..

I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in very narrow, individual, kind o….

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down..

I like to feel that something's alive in acting, like something's really going on..

I'm really shy with my acting when it's off, because the camera gives me an excuse to be in character, whereas otherwise I would just feel like an id….

There are people out there who have been trying to pursue acting, but they've said stuff like, Oh, we're not looking for anybody with your race. But ….

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part..

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour..

Sometimes I love acting but then sometimes I think it's too much for me. And I don't know if it is something that I could do for the rest of my life..

I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting..

[Voice acting] is such an easy job. It's like stealing money, really. Which I'm always happy to do..

Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to….