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" I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem. "

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" Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on. "

" I always feel I can play a role - just give me the time to do the preparation and I'll be it. "

" I always want my character to have dimension, no matter what phase of life or situation they find themselves in. "

" The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first. "

" My father taught me how to substitute realities. "

" I've definitely taken more family-friendly roles. Honestly, sometimes the edgier acting roles are not age-appropriate for kids but I have taken more projects that I feel have a great message or my kids can watch because of their age and that were just plain fun. "

" I did a Christmas movie where I played Mrs. Claus because my children's favorite movie of all time was a Christmas movie that my father did in which he played Santa, and I was like, 'How often do they make a movie about Mrs. Claus?' and, 'My kids will love this.' "

" There was something about being in front of audiences when I was in elementary school plays that gave me a thrill. It was like the rush you get from a roller coaster drop. "

" We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people. "

" We want to take our activism and our power into action and change things for every woman, everywhere, working in any workplace. "

" I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role. "

" We are all capable of so much more than the narrow confines of our regular behavior and our personality. So it's interesting to play different notes on your keyboard. "

" I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. "

" I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera. "

" I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it. "

" Sometimes I feel limited by people's perceptions of what I can and cannot do, or what I do or don't look like. "

" It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. "

" I hate it when people use sex as a weapon against the people who are engaging in it. It's so hypocritical. "

" I have a hard time getting motivated to do something that seems like a career move. I've gotten into vague trouble with my agents for turning down work that I thought was exploitative. "

" I have great respect for Harvey as an artist, and owe him and his brother a debt of gratitude for the early success in my career, including the Oscar. "

" Acting is doing, because everything you say or do is some kind of an action, some kind of a verb. You're always connected to the other person through some kind of action. "

" I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go? "

" I feel like the world that ' Condor' lives in is very close to the world we're all living in every day. "

" When I was 5, my mother threw a party, and a friend and I wrote and performed a play called The Dutch Doll. "

" There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment. "

" I have a pretty big range of interests. I love art; I love going to the museums. I dabble in painting, and although I'm not very good at it, I enjoy it. "

" The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls. "

" I love music; I love dancing. I took, like, eight years of ballet when I was a kid, and I still love dancing. There's been a couple of films where I was able to do some dance numbers, like 'Romy and Michelle' and 'Summer of Sam,' and I'm so happy when I get to do that. "

" Being is like pretending. "

" I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base. "