Life is so precious. Please, please, let's love one another, live each day, reach out to each other, be kind to each other. Peace be with you. God is great.

I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

[On refusing to do nude movie scenes:] There are certain people who should know what you look like naked. I just don't think your high-school algebra teacher should be one of them.

You can be true to the character all you want but you've got to go home with yourself.

I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.

I certainly take work as a joyous responsibility.

I'm too tall to be a girl. I'm between a chick and a broad.