I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Privacy above all else. Some day, in the future, people will look back and remember how beautiful it once was.

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

Your mission: Be so busy loving your life that you have no time for hate, regret or fear.

Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.

Fanatics are those who, when following a doctrine becomes inconvenient, make up rules of their own.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.

The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of property and wealth.

Auri," I asked slowly, "are you joking with me?" She looked up and grinned. "Yes I am," she said proudly. "Isn't it wonderful?

We are going to stand together, united.

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.