It's hard to do things like auditions, because you don't want to put weeks of work into just an audition.

I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started Homeland.

On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play.

I like to make pies. Thats kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin.

I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the reward is great.

I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel.

As I've started school I have a student-feeling wardrobe and then because I travel a lot, things feel very different for different places and days.

I do a lot of vintage, of course, but I really feel so particular about clothing. I think it stems from acting, like if I'm not wearing the proper shoes for a character I feel totally off.

I really do like working very closely with a director and developing characters.

Even the creative things feel mathematic, almost.

I find it really weird that sexuality is still so taboo in films and violence isn't. It really bewilders me.

It's worth all the pain, Now that I found myself back in your arms again.

I love you all.Not just the you that you show yourself as, but the you that is true.The you that is you.The you that is nothing else other than itself.

Your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing.

Early in my songwriting career, when I was learning a lot about writing songs, I'd force myself to sit down until I came up with something.

As a framer and defender of the Constitution [Madison] had no peer.

It doesn't take any longer to improvise 10 takes than it takes to shoot 10 takes of the same thing. It turns out to be just as responsible from a business point of view as anything else.

Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth.

Taste is to literature what bon ton is in society.

I already enjoy cooking. I like different flavors and putting different things together and really like taking normal recipes to a higher level.

The road to gooď is the roughest and steepest in the universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed, no wonder that so many fall. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.