~I've learned the value of absorbing the moment. I remember the first time Ripley saw her shadow. My God, it was like shadows had just been invented. It was the most exquisite moment.~

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

The reality is that who you are is who you are right this second, not who you were at any moment in the past because it doesn't exist anymore. It's done. It's over.

[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat ourselves from the reality of death.

From about the age of 5, I was aware that I didn't fit. I was the black, atheist kid in the all-white, Catholic school run by nuns. I was an anomaly.

When it comes to emotions, we all feel pain in the same way, everyone, whether you're from Istanbul or Beijing.

When I am out and about I feel watched. It's become second nature. The only time I get to be private is in my work. That is when I liberate the ego. The blessed-out sensation of liberating the ego.

If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.

Rationalization is foreplay with one's conscience.

Locating God’s Word that describes the true picture of your future is the key that unlocks the mystery of the Word, which is called Dream.

There is no greater joy in life than the joy of creating something.

Hang your idea on a peg that all can read.

The United States government, in figuring our gross national product, defines 'durable goods' as anything that will last three years.

The love you feel in life is a reflection of the love you feel in yourself.

He did seem like a nice boy. Seeming and being are two different things.

He who feared that he would not succeed sat still.

We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.

This is what makes us girls/ We don't stick together 'cause we put our love first.