I can finally say I'm a professional actress.

I'm used to one-dimensional female friendships. It's become a kind of trope.

Early on, you don't have the luxury of a lot of choices. Sometimes you're forced to do things that will advance your career and not necessarily things that fulfill you artistically, but I've been fortunate to do a lot of both.

You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.

Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

In literature classes, you don't learn about genes; in physics classes you don't learn about human evolution. So you get a fragmented view of the world. That makes it hard to find meaning in education.

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.