Before I do a movie, I watch Meryl Streep movies over and over. It's not to mimic her. It's to remind myself to be more committed.

I spent most of my adult life looking for romantic love.

Think about how long it took for the mountains to get there and look so beautiful. Think about how long it takes for this tree over us to grow. We're so impatient. Think about it. This leaf here took forever to become that perfect leaf. We're that. We're work in progress. That's actually being alive.

Start to become active in what u love DOING. People admire action, courage&real happiness far more than they admire a size 2

Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him

I have learned the art of filling in your lines with your visuals and your movies and your imagination

To play a bag woman is brave for any woman.