In L.A., I like to surf. I went through a phase - I was surfing four days a week. I'm still not good at it; I still spend most of my time falling.

I feel like I owe Juilliard everything... coming from Kentucky at age 17, having a school like that giving me a chance. And if you cant afford it, you can get a scholarship.

If you're having a bad day already and everybody is just asking you petty questions, it drives people to the edge, or something really small will have a really large effect.

I wouldn't say personally that I have problems communicating with men - though I'm not sure what the men would say.

You're not going to learn how to do it until you do it.

I really like going to see movies. I know that's super boring but it's true!

Eventually, I'd love to be known as a character actor.

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.

Once I knew what was bothering me, the greater part of my uneasiness left. Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.

One should either be sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers.

The problem with learning the truth about things is that you lose the confidence that comes from being dumb.

Leave it to me as I find a way to be Consider me a satellite, forever orbiting I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me Guaranteed

I've given you my best, why does she get the best of you?

All the people have gone to war leaving no interrogator to mind.

When a crow says an intelligent thing, chickens may laugh at it. This is the laughing of the sand castles at the powerful waves!

I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.

I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures.