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" College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development. "

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" My goal is always to do something that feels just beyond my reach, and 'Homeland' continues to do that. Every season, they find new ways to scare me. The show is like a diamond that fell from the sky. I'll always feel slightly bludgeoned by it, but in the best way possible. "

" I have a huge, active imagination, and I think I'm really scared of being alone; because if I'm left to my own devices, I'll just turn into a madwoman. "

" It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate. "

" Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. "

" What I needed was a connection to life that was real and lasting. "

" People with bipolar disorder have difficulty with boundaries. "

" You don't realize how useful a therapist is until you see yourself on e and discover you have more problems than you ever dreamed of. "

" I think people are made uncomfortable by uncensored expressions of emotion. "

" Counterterrorism isn't really about the nunchakus, the guns and gadgets. It's about psychology. "

" People confuse fame with validation or love. But fame is not the reward. The reward is getting fulfillment out of doing the thing you love. "

" When I was a kid, I was one of those really obnoxious 'oooh oooh' girls, with my hand up in the air constantly. I've learned over the years that that's not so attractive, so I've censored that. "

" If I hadn't been an actress, I was thinking seriously about going into psychology. It's just really what I'm interested in: the human psyche and how we process information. "

" Oliver Stone's strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive. "

" Fame doesn't end loneliness. "

" You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes. "

" I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know. "

" I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work. "

" I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad. "

" Every time I make a movie, I'm prepared for it to become influential and career-defining - but I have no control over these things. "

" Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time. "

" I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance. "

" If you do something that you're not genuinely passionate about, it is a little soul-crushing. Just not worth it. "

" Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found. "

" I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously. "

" I'm exceptionally open with my own parents, and they're exceptionally open with me. "

" We just can't shake monogamy. It definitely demands a kind of rigor and discipline and selflessness. But it's also fun. "

" You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film. "

" I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience. "

" You have to pick your battles on set. "

" I wouldn't say that I'm a naturally political beast. "