Acting's not about nose jobs and liposuction. It's about being truthful to what you're doing.

Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.

What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being.

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.

When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.