We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn't want to do

I love to drive. It's one of the most pleasurable things to me.

You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.

I can tell women's confidence levels rise when they wear heels.

My first job was at Baskin-Robbins. I made store manager at 16.

Years later I made a movie with Wayne Newton, who has Arabians.

I can count on one hand the directors who actually directed me.

Women won't let me stay single and I won't let me stay married.

When an analogy is really singing, it's what you want it to be.

Physically, I was always moving. I was always a little jittery.

I try to be like a forest: revitalizing and constantly growing.

I wanted to be what I am. All my life. A musician and an actor.

These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.

I think today's music absolutely stinks. I really do mean that.

Someday maybe I'll go back and see what the Deep South is like.

Martin Landau in 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' - he gave me chills.

I do like to turn a phrase, but it's all about how you turn it.

I'm more interested in the quality of the work than its medium.

I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.

No communication takes place until the other person feels heard

Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.

I know love at first sight can work. It happened to my parents.

The rehearsal process in general is about trusting one another.

It had been an odd, kind of rough year for me when 'CSI' ended.

I came from a divorced mother and father, obviously mixed race.

I stopped doing any organized sports at 10 and started dancing.

The tragic element of a character is always intriguing I think.

It was really hard to find another project after my first film.

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.

The important thing is having genuine regard for your audience.

Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money.

If I never did another film after 'Paris, Texas,' I'd be happy.

My parents are Polish. I dont know anything about Italian-ness.

An actor's most important responsibility is to know lines well.

If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow.

I think you can tell the human condition better through comedy.

Definitely not a sitcom, that's my first condition. No sitcoms.

I'm a would-be rebel. The good girl who'd like to be a bad one.

When you're young and beautiful, you're paranoid and miserable.

I've learned almost everything I know about acting from my dad.

It is not easy to compete when you have LD, but it is possible.

Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.

Because I don't really think of myself as a hunk, to be honest.

I think adoption is a blessing all around when it's done right.

Just because it's a bad job doesn't mean I need to do it badly.

Driving a motorcycle is like flying. All your senses are alive.

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