In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.

I really wanted to be nasty and mean and bad. It's so much easier than being the good girl

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.

A film's success or failure is strictly on the director's shoulders.

People work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there

Actors love mental disorders, dialects, and corsets. Give them one of the three and they're happy

I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well

I'm attracted to roles where I don't have to wear makeup.

After I read all the medical journals and watched all the documentaries, I still didn't understand the physical sensation of ticking and where it comes from and what it feels like

I'm from Chicago. My grandfather was a policeman, and my aunts are married to policemen.

I'm really proud to have been in The Craft. I will always be that chick from The Craft, no matter what I do.

The love that moves the sun and all the other starsThe kind of love that can burn the world or raise it up in glory

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.

There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens.

I see the kids and I feel like taking them all away to a safe place to hide until the war stops and the hunger stops and El Cua becomes strong enough to give them the care they deserve.

The rural areas have been deprived by the cities in the past. Development resources and energy should be directed where the people live.

I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two.

I like strong opinions - I'll take that any day over someone who agrees with everything.

The more alike two products are, the more important their differences become.