I love the written word; I love when someone takes the time or leaves you a note or sends a letter.
My goal now is to remember every place I’ve been, only do things I love, and not say yes when I don’t mean it.
I am a lover like no lover has ever loved before!
I’ve been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. ‘Brave’ is the only word. It’s the only thing that I ask myself to be.
Not everything has to be immediate.
When I was a struggling actress in New York in my 20s I worked in a burger joint called Diane’s Uptown. I actually loved waiting tables. I still keep who I was in my mind and never take anything for granted.
Music, somehow, breaks through, to everybody.
I’m just having fun. And giving a sort of second shot at childhood and life – and I need to be present to do it.
I like normal, simple, good people.
I hate the word assistant. No one works for me. I work with everyone because I couldn’t do anything without the people that I work with.
Falling in love-you should go with it, regardless of whether or not your heart gets smashed. You’ll be a better person.
She says that beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most.
Chocolate is the greatest gift to women ever created.
I have these big piano-playing hands. I feel like I should be picking potatoes.
I don’t think there’s ever what could be called a ‘chilled state’ in my head.
You’re never in control. That – that is the greatest fallacy of the – you know, there’s over 200 people that it requires to make a film. And there’s people who are in control of how you look, what your performance is, what takes are used, what – you’re only in control of how you say no.
If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you’ll be surprised what goes through your head.
I’ve made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody’s ever made a choice for me.
You know, people ask, “How does the chemistry happen?” It’s like being in a bar when you’re drunk. You see the person, and you don’t know why, it just works. And it’s like everything goes in slow-motion.
Human beings exist that have integrity, that know how to keep their mouth shut, that know the bigger picture, that don’t sell out their friends.