I don't understand how people can take a gentle, loving life and treat it with such cruelty.

My own mother fought to make herself more than a possession; she lived her life as a mother who chose when she would have children, and a wife who could earn a living if she so chose. I want my daughters to enjoy that same choice.

People who are slavish to a fantasy ideology become very lonely in the world. It's very alienating and sometimes reality is very threatening to this magical way of thinking. On the other hand, if it is a politician or leader that chooses for whatever reason to remain in this state of magical thinking, then they should be called out for it strongly and repeatedly.

There's a level of trust that you have to have with somebody.

I like to disappear in the parts I play.

I got into acting because I wanted to act and I love acting. That's my true north: to be creative and to be challenged in what I love to do.

By electrifying our lives, we reduce our energy costs by 39 percent, which is a huge savings in itself.