In high school ethics they went around and asked what everyone thought their classmates were qualified to do. For me, everyone said actress. But to me it was very much "if it happens, it happens."

The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!

That being said, I am not one to feel sorry for myself. I believe it is healthy to honor one's feelings and do the best we can to learn and grow from them moving forward.

I think one of the big challenges about science fiction is finding truth to relate to as an actor.

The second time I was banned was when I directed a film called Xiu Xiu. I was banned for three years from China.

I am a huge animal lover. Growing up, my mother and I rescued countless animals - dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, even a turtle. I have been accused of caring more about animals than I do about people.

I think people don't often realize how much goes into being a male dancer. It's athletic and it's hard. It's not just men wearing tights, or wanting to be around women.

I feel vulnerable when I am underprepared. This applies to underpreparedness with just about anything, especially work.

I enjoyed acting growing up; I did musical theater. I had a secret desire to be a television and movie actress, but it wasn't something I admitted to myself that I wanted to do, I guess.

Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.

I think the idea of embodying the physical presence of a character is the same on stage and screen. There are just different levels of expression to keep in mind for each platform.

They are from another world, another way of life that somehow has merged with our own. These worlds are kept separate for the safety of everyone. " "And yet, I connect them." "You do.

That line between love and lust was thin as a whisper.

Whenever I look at me, all i see are things I'd like to change. Whenever Damon looks at me, all he sees is a glorious gift from the universe somewhere in the middle lies the truth.

I feel its important to talk about the complex issues affecting us.

Every herbalist has their favorite plant. Mine is Rhodiola rosea.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

I'm always in the theater seeing everything, good or bad.

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.

We investigate the past not to deduce practical political lessons, but to find out what really happened.

it's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove