The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is being a woman in a man's world.

There was this book that Judi Dench wrote that said there was a moment where, before an actor can be this or be that, the actor must simply be. I thought that to have absolute presence was to absorb everything that’s thrown at you.

I have a hyper personality.

There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. But God as my witness, I am going to try to do everything I can to keep this ass together for as long as I possibly can - without going against nature.

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.

Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class.

You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.