We should have charity for what the dead say. We may disapprove of what they say, but we should not insult them and revile them knowing they cannot not defend themselves.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

For me, every week is a fashion week.

As the greatest of detectives makes the greatest of criminals, a specialist in investigation is also a specialist in murder.

If I do my best and produce the best products, that is my purpose, then I shall definitely be compensated. The by product will come when the product is good.

Whoa, whoa! Hold up, there, kid. She lives in Forks, remember? So she gets rained on.

There are certain moments where artwork might seem like it's part of someone's career - if you really know the art world - , but I did my best to prevent that overlap.

Remember Star Trek? They're on this huge ship and they've got all these people, right? But you only see them, maybe they go on some mission and one of them gets killed.

Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.

I feel humbled by the fact that there's any interest in me at all.

The camera is an excuse to be someplace you otherwise don't belong. It gives me both a point of connection and a point of separation.

I want to be an integrated woman.