There's no negatives. You just have to trust that what's happening in your life is unfolding in exactly the right way.

The truth is, after Boys Don't Cry, I realized how few and far between the great roles are. I am beyond thankful for finding Million Dollar Baby.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I grew up in a trailer park in Bellingham, Washington.

My biggest growth has been sitting with things that are uncomfortable and dealing with them.

I had teachers who I could tell didn't want to be there. And I just couldn't get inspired by someone who didn't want to be there.

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us.

You can change your fate. You can sit back, or you can go after your life and all that you want it to be.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Few people know this about me, but I love baking pies.

I'm just a girl from a trailer park who had a dream. I never thought this would ever happen.

Men secretly respect a woman who is strong, has confidence and has dreams of her own. There's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is.

Never judge a country by its politicians.

We loiter in winter while it is already spring.

Even in writing an annual report, the unconscious plays a role.

Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.

For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.

The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.

Theatre is, at its roots, some very brave people mutually consenting to a make believe world, with nothing but language to rest on.

I'm not high maintenance.

The great challenge is how to make smart, intelligent art that can speak to everybody.