Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them - my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a wife, as a lover, as a daughter.

In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.

The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief.

We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.

Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.