Things are changing. They need to change more. It should not be of any note that a woman does something, because women do everything.

I don't care how somebody gets their education, as long as they have one.

I do use reality because I want my work to feel real, I want it to feel heartfelt. I don't want to make it up and have it sound corny or unrelatable.

Ten minutes before you go onstage and you begin singing that torchy blues song, you may just be drinking a glass of water and brushing your teeth and doing some deep breathing.

Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.

I was brought up in the Christian church and I studied in the teachings of Jesus. I believed in caring for others and trying to be kind. It's something I still have to work on every day.

Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.

If you just take one foot in front of the other without any protection, you may end up falling off the fence.

The line is very delicate and fine between being what one might call sane or insane, well or unwell.

Feminism has nothing to do with partisanship.

Every straight man I know is a feminist. They wouldn't be my friends if they weren't.

Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

You can complete a project by dropping it.

The most important educational vehicle in all life is a parent figure.

One of the things that is assumed about actors is that they are extrovert, which is almost never the case, in my experience.

I have a dark side. I think everyone does.

I remember one game I got five hits and stole five bases, but none of it was written down because they didn't bring the scorebook to the game that day.

My kids were always my test audience. I'd take home the dailies and show them what we'd been filming that day.

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.