There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.

I didn't go to Catholic school but I had a tough teacher, a tough math teacher.I remember everything that guy taught me. I really do.

Young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives.

All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene.

I've grown up well, partly because there weren't great girls' literature - Nancy Drew, maybe - but there weren't things. So there was Huck Finn and "Spin And Marty." The boys characters were interesting and you lived through them when you're watching it.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.