Someone once said that under the bell jar of compliance, the only thing that blooms is rage.

Lee Strasberg told me I had talent. Real talent. It was the first time that anyone, except my father--who had to say so--told me I was good. At anything. It was a turning point in my life. I went to bed thinking about acting. I woke up thinking about acting. It was like the roof had come off my life!

The most incredible beauty and the most satisfying way of life come from affirming your own uniqueness.

When a child enters the world through you, it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level.

"Strong" to people means "real." It means you believe that's a person who exists, as opposed to some two-dimensional depiction of women.

There are no shortcuts and no sweatless quickies.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.