Pretend and real are all real to a psychopath.

When stepping into the mind of a psychopath, you realize that there is something missing in their brain that they do not understand the consequences of their actions- in a sense.

We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. Theres a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

The light and the dark are the same. They share. They really do rub up against each other, and they are extraordinarily familiar with each other. They are actually friends.

So many young people feel powerless. We live in a world where it feels like it's so big and yet so small, and that your contribution really doesn't matter.

As an actor, I usually have to find something to love about my character in order to play her.

Being a mom myself and it being a huge and important part of who I am, made it easier for me to play the role of a strong, fierce, giving mom...

It is the ordinariness of us that is the same in all of us.

The ordinary is ultimately what moves us most deeply. It's what touches us, and it's what we most recognize, in great moments of art.

You can't play history and you can't play historical characters. You just have to reduce it to the ordinary.

I am so proud of Amelia Boynton. I can burst with pride.

A man who can laugh at himself is truly blessed, for he will never lack for amusement.

Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.

Work hard until hard work isn't work at all.

We always get back to old soul singers like Nina Simone, and how her recordings sound. Also new music like Tobacco, or people that use a mixture of analog and electronic music.

I had been found in a mud puddle at 4:30 in the morning.

Then I saw Keanu Reeves in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I know if he can do it, I can do it too.

The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.

I was on my own union council for twenty-odd years.

How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.