Some people study a text very deeply. The people are my text. I study their words and what their words sound like, over and over again.

Art simply can’t be stopped.

I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.

I have a lot of optimism about new doctors because I think it's really clear that it's a lot of hard work and no guarantee of a lot of money.

I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.