I outlived the bastards..

Life is about timing and overcoming difficult things..

Nothing is put on pause. Everything is still happening. And then as far as just reflecting on what got you to where you are, there aren't very many t….

I don't take things off. I either check things off or I add things..

As an actor - and I say actor, but actress or actor, whatever - I've had to learn to be very open about what I want. I ask for it, even if I may not ….

Discover what you are..

For a girl like me, I understand because working out can get really boring. Doing the same exact routine every day gets old, and you need something n….

Throughout my life, I've been gratified that I've been able to keep the child in me alive and inspire others..

I didn't not perform..

Whatever inspires you fires you..

Nothing is 'just' anything with you.

...it's just as bad to live in a place where what you do see isn't there as it is to live in one where what you don't see is..

Meryl Streep is awesome. I really want to work with Emma Stone; she is adorable. Now I want to work with Octavia Spencer, because I met her and she's….

We are being programmed by mental pygmies..

When I work, I live in a fantasy world. It's great. I get to play different characters who inspire me..

I am service-centric. I always intend to leave places better than I find them..

I respect religion and will respect any religion..

I'm not hooked on cognac, but I've enjoyed it over the years..

I'll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics..

Even the good angels, I think, would inspire in humans some sort of fear..

Where I came from, no one was a writer..