bonding through dependence never works, whereas bonding through freedom always does.

Celebrate what is possible. Your beliefs will create your reality.

I'm very aware, but I'm very naïve. When you are really naïve and expecting safety and expecting the best, you don't feel you're taking risks. You can get smacked a little, but usually it works out pretty well. I would say that, as much as you can instill your open-minded naivety, if you're basically open minded, then you can do damn near anything.

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. It's where all the fruit is.

Once you get your own family clear in your head, whatever your problems are with it. You're better prepared for being an adult in the world.

...One individual is his or her own best teacher, and no other idol or false image should be worshiped or adored because the God we are all seeking lies inside oneself, not outside.

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.