Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.

I think any time you have too much education in one certain field, that can sometimes play against you

My own personal connection with God was not in a religious sense, so I wasn't really thinking in that way when I got the role and when I started doing it.

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something.

A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it

For most women, whether you're an actress or whatever you do, there is this pressure in society and within the world to look a certain way, dress a certain way, act a certain way, say certain things, and be this idea as opposed to being a person.

One of my good friends is Christian, goes to church every Sunday, very religious. I'm fine with that and I will never judge her.