"I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person."

"When I did 'E.T.,' it sort of solidified the only family I know are these film crews. These gypsies. These filmmakers. That was the solidification and the clicking revelations of 'This is what I want to do with my life and this is where I'm going to survive.'"

"Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage."

"I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning."

"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."

"In the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm. Remember this in moments of decisive trial."

"It is a timeless truth that he who inspires courage in a single soul has led a monumental campaign."

"God's mercy is fresh and new every morning."