One out of six women are toxic with mercury. Mercury comes out of coal plants and chlorine plants. I am toxic, I deal with symptoms, children are born with, you know, autism - there is an epidemic in this country. This is like, the air that we breath.

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.

Whatever the emotion is, I have learned over the years to give it space, which is also why I love acting.

People feel powerless and useless in the world. But they can buy something. It can give them a sense of value, of power

Endangered forests are being slaughtered for toilet paper

When you face your fears, you are free of them. There's nothing in the world I need to hide from again

Telling the truth. I finally have that with my boyfriend, and that makes me vulnerable constantly. Without vulnerability, you're not really alive. Your vulnerability is your power. Sitting in your house alone, breathing through it. Calling a friend when you need to cry. Being really honest in your therapist's office. Whatever it is. Bringing it into a role, for me. It is your power.