This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

Oh, the Places You'll Go!,' by Dr. Seuss, is still one of my favorite books ever.

I’m always scared to death that I won’t do a role justice. But fear can be a great motivator.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

I don't believe in the death penalty. I believe that there are other people as we speak right now in prison, wrongfully accused, who could serve such a fate. That is injustice at its greatest.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.