Namby-pamby little routines that don't speed up your heartbeat and make you sweat aren't worth your while.

I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in very narrow, individual, kind of Freudian terms, but seeing them in a much broader, societal way that was going to deepen and enrich my talent.

Pay more attention to losing inches than losing pounds.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger. I didn't really want to be an actor. I didn't really love it. And so I made a lot of mistakes. Oddly, I care much more about it now. I feel like a complete novice.

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

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