Dune was really my first Hollywood job. It was such a small part, but I opened the movie. I was about 19 years old and I had to make this speech, and….

The image is an image..

God hides things by putting them near us..

I often look for beauty in form and structure, and for ideas..

Since I went no grasse hath growne on my hele..

Cheerleading was my way in. It was one of the most rigorous audition processes ever. It definitely groomed me for Hollywood..

I had a great time working on the movies, both the major movies I've done. I've had a great time. I like the people in Hollywood a lot..

When I was 18 I already had a business going..

Things [only] exist once they are represented..

You can hold onto anything to make you carry on..

Workers are actually being starved on the largest military base in Baghdad, and women are being raped with impunity - and because it doesn't fit into….

Take what you got and fly with it..

I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

No one survives life..

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a ….