One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes.

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It's taken me a long time to learn to accept the risks and just be willing to try it over and over again.

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Thats when you know youve found somebody special. When you can just shut the f**k up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.

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You know what daring really is to me? It's maybe much more simple: the willingness to get up and try it again. It's not about whether or not you fall down, it's how you get back up. And I've taken quite a few tumbles, myself.

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My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.

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Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much.

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Daring to me is having courage; it's a daily meditation to take breath and find strength.

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When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, 'It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you'll feel better.' And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table. Because, of course, I was in agony. And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was going to stay that way for a long time.

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I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It's transient, and that's a beautiful and a painful thing.

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It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet.

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