I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

You have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.

I would like to be invisible because I'd love to go into people's houses and see their interior decorating.

During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.

Running through airports with pounds of luggage - that's a good workout.

I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.

I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.

I'm not an amazing cook, but I can follow a recipe.

I've been given lots of great advice, in my life. As an actor, just being as honest and as present as you can be.

I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.

I was never the ingenue or the pretty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in a movie. I didn't have that career, so I don't have to compete on that level.

I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.

I make movies about people in spiritual crisis because it's a way for me to spend the time, the energy, the focus and the obsession to come to terms with my own spiritual crisis.

People are always surprised when I say that I'm an atheist.

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? The answer is always creativity; the answer is always art.

There is no direct evidence, so how could you ask me to believe in God.

You hold all of our futures in your hands. So you better make it good.