I'm voting for Barack Obama. He's inspiring.

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.

I think since I did Monster I really started understanding how hard it is for first time directors. I think there's a lot of great stories out there, but it's high risk.

What I know in my heart is that women and girls on the ground are powerful and that they are leaders.

I've seen people talk about how they stopped polio, that was a generation that came together and said, "Let's do this." I think in the AIDS community we've become so complacent in that, it's like we just plateaued... We've completely neglected a whole young generation that is now highly infected.

When they watch a movie and they know that you're in a relationship, you just kind of watch that constantly.

You're very in tune with, because actors are all different, and it's very tricky when you throw us all together because we all work differently. You want to get the best work out of every individual actor.