The biggest obstacle I've had to overcome is being a woman in a man's world.

Trust me: Studios, investors, filmmakers, they will shift because they just follow the money trail.

You find a way to work with people you have more in common with.

Science fiction is a genre that no everyone is keen on watching.

Where people really base their principles has nothing to do with the color of someone's skin, it has to do with money and their class.

Fathers, sons, brothers, men everywhere: Your legacy will not perish if you take your partner's surname, or she keeps hers.

I do believe in us as actors and directors and writers and producers and also as movie-goers. We have much more power than we believe we have. Without our ticket, studios can't make traditional decisions.

I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.

I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

If there's anything that I've always said about myself is that to me, it's much more important for me to get to work with filmmakers that I've grown up loving and admiring.

I love women. I worship women. Don’t want to be any other woman but myself.

On the basis of being a woman, by playing an alien, I avoid playing someone's girlfriend here on Earth because that's a bit of a canker sore.

It's insecure, and it's immature.

I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.

I think there are roles there; we just have to choose them. We have to fight for them.

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.

Sometimes we get too caught up in wanting to do that one movie that will get seen and approved and nominated, that we lose sight that there are so many other movies that are worth your time.

I'm a fan of the fan. I'm a fan of the active devotee who lives his life believing in something, who represents to me the character of a person that is very confident and sure of himself. Those are people I admire.

I'm a kid from New York, so urban life reflected into art and music was around me and accessible and tangible.

I'm a girl from Queens. I've never gone, 'What am I doing today? Oh, I'm gonna grab a gun and learn how to use it.'

I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba. We preserve more male history than we do female. We have to preserve [female history]. No more complaining. We have to do it.

I love skin. I don't believe the body is something to hide.

There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.

Let's start creating better roles that accurately depict people we know so closely.

What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person.

I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.

I always strive to keep a balance with my fears. I don't like to be ruled by them. At the same time, I don't like the idea of living my life totally free of any fears. I like having that moderation.

You have to be very committed and find happiness in the work that you do.

I'm a very feminine person, but I have this hard shell, man, and I stay focused and don't take things personally.

You need one hundred percent commitment; you have to be willing to wake up every morning knowing you're going to [practice] eight hours straight.

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

I like to be around people who are very passionate. People that won't fight but that will be very over-protective and outspoken about their opinion, their point of view, their ideas.

I want to have more sex, travel more, drink more wine and love life.

Not to settle. If you're not happy with a person, leave. And wait until you find that one person who makes you feel good about yourself every single day and is not expecting you to change, but to grow.

It's ok to say, 'this is what I want' and go after it.

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.

Sometimes we have to be patient because the one thing that is inevitable in life is evolution. Whether it comes at the pace that we are expecting it or not, it’s inevitable.

I want to love life.

I love aging. Why would I want to be 21 for the rest of my life?

I never like to get political, but when you have the ability, through your media, to influence a large mass of people, I would want to be a part of the evolving cycle of progress vs. keeping things the way that they are.

There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.

I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.

Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.

I am hoping for a long career.

When I act, a part of me goes into the character I am playing.

I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.