I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody.

It's very humbling to imagine somebody else's really life and their pain ... It's my drug.

I have a lot to say about the world, clearly. I can't put together a clear sentence about it all, but through the work I can say what I think.

They were showing clips from my earlier films. All I could see was this beautiful young woman who was anxious about whether she was too heavy or if her nose was too big. I felt like saying to her, 'Just relax and it will all be OK.

Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy.