You have to love, without judgment, every actor that you're working with to make beauty.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

Do not thou hasten above the most Highest: for thy haste is in vain to be above him, for thou hast much exceeded.

We live in a society of {more, faster, and extra.} So we feel the need to respond {more, faster, and extra.} Such a useless exercise. So much joy can be found in slowing down.

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

The downside to series television is that the schedule is ferocious. It constantly feels like you have a midterm due that you haven't started yet.

When we make a choice today, we are deciding who we will be tomorrow.

Indeed, when religious people quarrel about religion, or hungry people quarrel about victuals, it looks as if they had not much of either among them.

As a reader, I don't feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.

You are the only person you can actually change

Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.

No law made by man can overturn that of the Creator without dramatically affecting society in its very foundation.