I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science.

Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is.

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive.

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavory.

Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability.

I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be.

I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters.

Never let haters 'still' your flow. They can only do so with your permission.

Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement.

You're a Scott, " the Dark said, his lips peeled back in displeasure, as if just saying the word was revolting."And you're Irish. I'm so glad we got that settled.

A mother's lap is the strongest hub and school of each religion. In other words, the mother breezes and waves the religion since she is the religion.

My father was an electrical engineer who worked at Westinghouse in Pittsburgh. When I was growing up, my mother wrote humor columns for the local paper. She was the Erma Bombeck of Murrysville, Pa.

Confusion comes from trying to amalgamate several conflicting ideas.

You want to learn about what's already in their heads. You want to avoid putting things there.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

I like the hot dogs at Dodger Stadium.

Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.