Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Respect means: even in your absence people speak good of your person

The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.

Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

A little candor never leaves me. It is what protects me.

Corporations are reneging on pension obligations. Social Security is under attack.

Man owes his success to his creativity. No one doubts the need for it. It is most useful in good times and essential in bad.

Knowing is not thinking. Knowing begins when thinking ceases, having finished its work. Every new knowing is a joy, for it is a new experience of unity.

Lay in the weeds and wait, and when you get your chance to say something, say something good.

As long as your abuser has you scared, you will stay in the cycle of abuse. Thinking of solutions helps you to escape.