I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.

When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll.

Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.

I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.

I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go?

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.