Part of my journey is sort of learning the ways that I'm unconsciously blocked and trying to open them up. I'm a complete "work in progress" in that area.

Real life is crazier than fiction.

At our core, we just want to know that we matter.

Ultimately everyone, no matter who you are, we all at our core want to just know that we matter.

When I meditate in the morning, it really changes my day and my relationship with my day.

I think the biggest shift has been in realizing how much more we are creating our life than we realize. That was sort of the epiphany to me.

Even in the most grieving of losses, or whatever sort of pain you're sitting in, we can bear it.

Really anything can happen at any time and we are very addicted to comfort. Life is just not always comfortable.

It can be so terrifying to open yourself up to true love. That love can be with your mate, with your child, with yourself, because we are ultimately such vulnerable little creatures in this world.

I feel so fortunate to get paid to be an actor. I pinch myself. I get it from writing, I get it from baking, gardening... I sort of open myself to the creative flow, which is hard to do, by the way.

It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.

God is in the best, and also the worst. God is in the presence, and also in the absence. God is in the power, and also in the powerlessness.

Reading enlightens my mind and fills my soul.

Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.

Every donation received is a potential negative ad. Vetting money is just as important as raising it.

My sun sets to raise again.

Ask yourself always: how can this be done better?

You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything.

I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.