'YOU AREN'T TALENTED' - it cuts right to the fear of every artist.

Men aren't actively writing women to oppress them, men are writing what they know. I say you can be much better as a woman for women's rights if you just go up there and write your own material.

If I could create my own utopia, it would be this genderless world where we didn't have to talk about it.

That quality is what makes women great collaborators; we understand it's a team effort. Even if it comes from society telling us to be polite.

There is so much more to me than my parts and what I wear, what my clothes are.

It feels like being a woman now gives you a slight advantage.

Women are very funny. Some of the funniest people I can think of are women.

If you let love solve everything for you, you have a lot of problems.

I was bullied a lot in middle school, and my bullies have since all apologized.

When you're an only child, you get very used to pleasing the adults around you.

I love acting. I'm actually a very emotional actor.

Stop comparing yourself to others. Always strive to improve yourself to become better today than you were yesterday to serve those around you and the world.

I felt the kind of peace you feel when you come in from a hot afternoon and pour cold water over your feet.

I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong.

Most parents were, like, Little League coaches and all that. My dad was a wrestling fan. Instead of going out and playing home run derby with my old man, we just watched wrestling together.

To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.

When cowardice becomes a fashion its adherents are without number, and it masquerades as forbearance, reasonableness and whatnot.

When I run into disappointment - say, for example, not getting a role I'd hoped for - I just try not to take it personally.

And she looked at me like she couldn't believe I knew she loved Anne Rice. I guess he didn't know how much she talked or how much I listened.

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America.