“Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.”

“You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.”

“You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.”

“This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There's only change and resistance to it and then more change.”

“No one has ever asked an actor, 'You're playing a strong-minded man…' We assume that men are strong-minded, or have opinions. But a strong-minded woman is a different animal.”

“I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.”

“I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.”