I am forever a romantic. I try to bring that into my work. I try not to be fooled by romance. Or work.

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing.

So I am happy to have fans, especially if it enables me to keep working. And I am really grateful when people respond to my work.

I know it sounds earnest, but I do really feel in my bones that acting is just a small part of the equation when you are making a movie. The director really is in charge. Actors are as important or unimportant as the rest of the people around them.

I think I was born an artist. But the key is that I have a mom that encouraged and supported my artistic side. She still has the stick-figure drawings framed.

We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird

Seeing other people in pain causes me pain.