“Letters are something from you. It’s a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.”

I believe in God and the Devil, but they don’t have to have pitchforks and a long white beard.

The person who was holding me back from my happiness was me.

Sometimes enemies are our best teachers, people can learn from their mistakes, destruction sometimes means rebirth.

Mortality is very different when you’re 20 to when you’re 50.

Even in the face of tragedy, a stellar person can thrive. No matter what’s going on in your life, you can overcome it! Life is worth living.

I mean, if you didn’t get it or if you didn’t feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change.

Sometimes simple things are the most difficult things to achieve.

Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger.

You know what is a nice thought? Retirement.

It’s fun to be hopelessly in love. It’s dangerous, but it’s fun.

Positive energy brings good feelings, and dark energy often means harm.

It’s easy to become very self-critical when you’re an actor. Then you get critiqued by the critics. Whether you agree with them or not, people are passing judgment on you.

It’s always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery, the joy and the depth.

Money buys you the freedom to live your life the way you want.

We are the sum of who we are. We pick certain things at certain moments that influenced us.

The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.

When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.

Soul is a constant. It’s cultural. It’s always going to be there, in different flavors and degrees.

Money has only a different value in the eyes of each.

If you don’t have the roots somewhere, it’s very difficult for people to work with you. Because you are a different person from them. They don’t know you, really. They don’t know how you feel.

I learn in a different way. I learn experientially.

As a woman finds economic opportunity, even if she’s only earning a couple of dollars a day, if she can save it on her phone, she then makes different decisions for her household than her husband might.

Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.

I’m experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it’s appropriate I do it on the record.