I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.

I'm an old-school, embarrassing Joni Mitchell fan. Her music made a hook in my soul and hasn't let go for all these years. I even sing her songs as lullabies to my kids.

I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.

But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do and hope it's good.

I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that.

All I ever wanted to do was act. And pay my bills

When modern values and modern people are under attack in a country, we can be sure of a dark future in that country!

FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

I feel like people, when it comes to music, whatever genre, they relate to the story more than just the song.

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.

If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'

Thank you Lord, for being patient with me. For its so hard to see, when my eyes are on me.

Anxiety is simply living out the future before it gets here.

Would I have fired me? Knowing me? No.

Beauty when most unclothed is clothed best.

Photography is full of symbolism, it's a symbolic language. You have to be able to materialize all your thoughts in one single image.