I get called 'Memphis Eve,' but my first name is Eve. I know Memphis is in there somewhere, but on my passport I'm 'Eve Sunny Day Hewson.

In my family, I would never dare to think of being Paris Hilton! And to me, that doesn't look like a happy existence - it's just not who I am.

I always wanted to go to Sundance.

Back then though, you had a few months of training, and then you were just thrown into it.

I couldn't imagine working in a hospital where there's just death, everywhere. But for a lot of women, it was their only option. They couldn't get other jobs.

For most of the movies that I've done, we've shot in a contemporary house, in contemporary clothes, speaking in a contemporary way. So, I really enjoy that. It really helps.

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

Oh, it's the first big thing I've really done. My first job out of college was working with Steven Soderbergh. I was telling my acting teachers, "I did it, you guys!"

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

No one knows who I am and no-one cares. I could jump in front of a camera man and he'd just tell me to get out of the way.

The best things in life make you sweaty.

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.

Monsters were wild. Monsters were strong. Monsters were fierce and free.If I was monstrous...perhaps it wasn't such a bad thing.

The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.

Blessed be those souls who are glad! They are a salve for sorrow and fatigue. A sun in days of darkness, a joy in sorrow, a ray of heaven shining through the uncertainness of earth.

Don't let people tell you your ideas won't work. If you're passionate about an idea that's stuck in your head, find a way to build it so you can prove to yourself that it doesn't work.

I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.

To match the shoes with the jacket is fey. To match the shoes with the hat is taste.

The hardest thing about finding forgiveness is that you had to find it at all.

we can forgive anything as long as it isn't done to us.