We have our whole lives to try and get a glimpse of what that could be, in our own life. It's so exciting.

In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity.

I don't want to put a pause on the rest of my life; I'm really enjoying getting older and the wisdom that comes from that.

I like exploring both the light parts and the dark parts of a single person. And all of those shades tend to come out most acutely in stories about families.

I kind of moved out of the town I grew up in as quick as I could. I left right after high school.

I'm always studying something or trying to learn something, keep myself creatively occupied, because I think that energy can get kind of destructive if it doesn't have somewhere to go.

And I think a lot of us have fantasies of going back to where we're from, or when we do go back we're so nostalgic about it.

I read something about, "Why do actresses get plastic surgery," we like to look at pretty people, but I don't. I like to look at all faces, young, old.

Actors are always weird about acting with their spouse or their boyfriend or girlfriend, but more because they think audiences will find it boring.

For me, there are a lot of things you can imagine as an actor, and then there are things that you know in your bones and in your cells once they happen to you.

I feel lucky to be an actor because you always learn something from each part you play.

I respect myself and receive joy form all directions.

Men always want to be a woman's first love, -women want to be a man's last romance.

Doubt undermines the truth your heart senses."..."Search your heart, " she whispered. "The answers are there, waiting. You have to be brave enough to see them.

What is serious in laughing, worrying, grieving, mourning, concerning about anything which is temporary? Well, it is funny, actually, when you know life isn't immortal.

To a pessimist, losing bobby pins is as hopeless as losing hair. To an optimist, losing hair gives hope to get the lost bobby pins back.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

He was the one she was doing all this for, but sometimes she missed him so much it felt like she swallowed broken glass.

Obama says he's bringing 10,000 troops home. The Republicans are calling it a failed jobs program.

A design style is defined by a set of microdecisions. A clear style reflects a consistent set. A clear style may not be a good style; a muddled one never is.

Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.