Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Sometimes you resent the people you love and need the most. Love is so fascinating in all its forms, and I think everyone who has ever been a mother will relate to this.

I still like my antique clothes.

Marlon Brando. The finest actor who ever lived. He was my idol when I was 13. He's done enough work to last two lifetimes. Everything I do, I think: Can Brando play this with me?

I've considered having my nose fixed. But I didn't trust anyone enough. If I could do it myself with a mirror.