If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.
I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.
Mind the gap - it's the distance between life as you dream it and life as it is.
Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.
I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself.
I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth.
I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.
I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.
The less one can think about oneself, the more interesting and attractive one becomes.
I think you need to have a healthy sense of doubt because I think doubt leads to inquiry.
You learn an enormous lot through failure.
I think that's what I love about my life. There's no maniacal master plan. It's just unfolding before me.
The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.
An actress once advised me, 'Make sure you do your own laundry - it will keep you honest.'
Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.
I'm partial to a nice cup of vodka. I normally just drink it really simple with a little bit of lemon.
I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got.
What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time.
I believe that a creative career is only as good as the risks that you take with it.
The one thing that all great cities have in common is that they are all different
I think Pilates is great, especially when you can do it with a trainer who keeps you on track.
It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.
It's been a long time since universal suffrage, and I'm sick of the old white men running the show.
I'm not dressing for anyone else. I don't really subscribe to other people's idea of what is beautiful. I just want to feel good.
You can only desire something that you've already had in your life.
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.
To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.