To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

The vulnerability of opening your heart fully and deeply to another is terrifying, but at a point in my 50s, I realized that I had to step up to the plate.

I don't think it's natural for two people to swear to be together for the rest of their lives.

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath, his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it's not easy at all; we're used to hiding behind masks.

Go for the burn! Sweat!

When you know in your heart why you did something, and you feel and you know that in spite of all the controversy that it was right, doesn't matter.