Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life.

Don't get all sentimental on me, Makes me think I'm gonna die.

Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

You never know how you're going to affect people.

We all are doing the best we can. I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.

When you look in one direction where Troy's chair was, you could see out through the yard across the street, there was an old cork bar advertisement for five cents. We wanted it to feel like this was real life [in Fences] and that it extended blocks and blocks.