“Weakness is something we don’t like to admit we have. We hold it against people, until we experience it, and then we feel more compassion for it.”

I grew up being told by my parents each time they went off to war that they may explode, so I needed to know how things like the gadgets in the kitchen worked.

I’ve always been a fan of science fiction.

I trust work, directors – I don’t live in fear. All good experiences have come from trusting the universe. There is no other way to live or love. Otherwise, you create your own prison.

I was a tomboy and I didn’t have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother.

If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I’d be a really happy person.

I love yoga and hiking – I think that’s the perfect combo.

I went to a very progressive elementary school where I was heavily educated in civil rights. I remember learning about Harvey Milk when I was in sixth or seventh grade and being so inspired.

People think that young people don’t care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren’t super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.

When I have really blonde hair, I usually go for a more natural look, wearing way less makeup.

Seeing the energy of ‘SNL’ made me want to be a part of it. If that was a job, I thought, that was the job I wanted. That was my plan. Comedy.

If a woman feels anchored to a man’s plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she’s worried she’s missing.

You really just have to love the process. I can’t tell you the amount of film sets I’ve been on where people are talking about Oscars in the middle of the production. It happens all the time.

Power tends to get confused with repression.

I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?

I think that women are more sensitive to emotional infidelity than men. I think men are more scared of physical infidelity.

I actually think the subject of young divorce is pretty funny; I’d like to write a movie about it.

Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath.

Compassion is a college education. It’s a doctorate.

Lord’s love manifests in this world as compasssion.

Real compassion means to understand what the needs for body, mind and soul are.

Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar’s bowl.

Keep a constant awareness and a conscious effort to say good words, perform good actions, and to practice patience and compassion.

Please be truthful, but also please be benevolent, please.

I think being compassionate of each other’s lives and issues is nonnegotiable when it comes to friendships. We’re all going through different stages and issues, and as I get older, I’m trying to lean into that.