I like playing that character who brings love to people, who puts people in a place where they're apt to encounter love.

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.

Studios weren't banging on my door to offer me parts... And I thought, well how am I ever going to make movies that speak to my heart and to my values?

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

As is my way, when I start something that I've put off doing, I always start with the hardest form. So I started with Ashtanga.

Eat only when you are hungry-not because it is one o'clock or seven o'clock or whatever.