When you look back... on your love affairs... what you really find out is that the only person you really go to bed with is yourself.

I'm an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up--sociologically, politically, and creatively--I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.

You have to be talentedly insecure in order to be a good actress. And then it's the director's job to make you more miserable and get a good take.

In terms of my life, I guess I want to share whatever I've learned really, which is basically one thing: know yourself, look for yourself, know what to look for, cherish it, be honest, be authentic, even if it hurts your feelings. That's not bad.

Prayer is speaking to God. Meditation is listening to God. Trust tranquility.

Movie makers now choose profit over vision.

If anything interferes with my inner peace, I will walk away. Arguments with family members. All that stuff. None of it matters.