My parents were very supportive when I was growing up and have been all the way through.

I've had moments of deep self-involvement that didn't come from a place of loving myself but quite the opposite.

I quit acting when I was 11 because I was cast as a bouncing ball in 'Alice in Wonderland,' and I felt slighted and wounded.

I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

Conformity is painful. You know, it's too tight. Conformity leads to rebellion. So a desire for happiness is in direct conflict with a desire for freedom.

Wait the end with joy. It is the end which characterizes everything and which tests a man's expectations.

I want roles without anger and feistiness. I want to show weakness and sadness, some love, some happiness.

It is hard to describe the thrill of creative joy which the artist feels when the conviction seizes her that at last she has caught the very soul of the character she wishes to portray, in the music and action which reveal it.