If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.

What I love about what I've been given - and luck has a lot to do with it - is that if you follow your heart you'll wind up doing exactly what you want to do. I was fortunate enough to have enough of a foundation with people behind me to do what was in my heart. And it's all worked out.

I am a big believer in women's lib, but I love when a man holds a door for me.

You do your best work when you feel safe.

I'd rather go back to waitressing than play a character that I hate.

Small gestures can have a big impact.

I think that power comes in numbers, and we're in an industry where the actors need to have a bigger voice.