My biggest fear in life is fear.

I grew up in Colorado - went back there, tried to heal myself and grow and learn, then got a call that David Lynch wanted me to fly back to Seattle so he could meet me for Twin Peaks.

The more we deny that we have a dark side, the more power it has over us.

It's almost as if we each have a vampire inside us. Controlling that beast, that dark side, is what fascinates me.

If something scares me, then I have to do it.

But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character.

I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.

It's still difficult for me to watch my work.

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.

I'm fascinated with all kinds of religion, but I'm not committed to any specific one.

I would love to play a nun. I used to want to be one when I was a kid.

Rest is luxury when you chasing your dreams, don't get used to it and don't prolong it when you get a chance at it.

I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.

Art is why I get up in the morning, but my definition ends there.

Twant me, 'twas the Lord. I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did.

To be great we need to win games we aren't supposed to win.

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.

Shoob-be-doo-be-doo-da-day.

Modernism', as a label, has currency in the arts, architecture, planning, landscape, politics, theology, cultural history and elsewhere.

You can take a kid out of Rosengård, but you can never take Rosengård out of that kid