After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.

I'd like to be able to use Storm's powers for good, like have it rain more in Southern California. We could do with it.

I believe that you can experience very profound moments of change in life...I never would have become an actress if I hadn't dropped out of high school. As a teenager, I was so driven to pursue my dreams that I made a decision to quit school at 17 so I could find my voice as an actress and eventually the profession embraced me.

I know I'm only one human being and I'm only making one tiny contribution and it's nothing more than that.

I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

In Monster's Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that's how I like to approach my career.