When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

The mentally ill frighten and embarrass us. And so we marginalize the people who most need our acceptance. What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.

People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.