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In these times, in this harsh, rude, warring world that we live in, where most of the bloodshed is 'My god is greater than your god,' and we're fighting in the name of our god, we have to find a way to peaceably coexist, spiritually.

I think all religions can agree on certain definitions of God and concepts of God, like God being the god of love, the great 'I am' energy.

I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.

My father instilled in me - of utmost importance and innate in me is the yearning to determine for myself - to define God, to define holiness for myself.

We are all seekers in some way. There are those of us who think they have all the answers and there are those of us who may never get an answer.

I have the best husband a wife could possibly have. He's the best father my children could have.

You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.

Faith is important to me.

I'm just someone who marvels at God.

I love Saturday nights with my best friend and a big bowl of pasta, wanting a good scare, something that will say, 'Listen, your life is not as bad as this. Your life can be so much worse.'

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.

It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.

Offers come all the time, but I'm pretty particular. I really have to be wowed by a character I encounter in a script, or a storyline. I really do need to feel inspiration, otherwise I'm just happy planting perennials and making goat cheese.

There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.

I've never felt the breath of God - you can take that statement literally or metaphorically - more than when I was yearning for a personal, intimate connection to something bigger than me.

Someone once told me that religion is like a knife: You can stab someone with it, or you can slice bread with it.

I just hate one-dimensional portrayals of religion; it's too cheap and easy to do, and ignores the nuances that go into having a belief system.

Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.

Editing yourself is like an irksome coin toss. You've got to strip yourself of super ego and operate from the id. Maybe I've got my Freud mixed up. It's just hard to trade a beauty shot for the performance with truth and a brightly lit zit.

Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.

Sometimes I attract roles that are necessary either for personal growth or enlightenment.

I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.

Ruminants are a perfectly normal thing to possess when you live in upstate New York. It's just moving scenery. It's kind of like the equivalent of Great Danes. It's the way you keep your grass mowed. It's the way you keep your weed-whacking to a minimum.

It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.

We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.

I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

I'm part wood nymph. I require mountains and warm, dense patches of moss to thrive.

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.

As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.

I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.

You ought to have a perspective when you're making a film.

I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'

You earn very little money on independent films and I'm the provider for my home, so I do have to think of taking one for the accountant time and again and that means studio pictures.

I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

Whether you're making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, there's never enough time.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

I chase after inspiring stories.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.

I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

I'm saying that the depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.

Do I pray? Yes. Prayer is very important to me.

You don't necessarily have to be religious to pray.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.

When I look at female characters, I want to recognize myself in them: my trials, my tribulations as a mother, as a lover, as a daughter.

There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself, and you become isolated.

I, for one, am tired of seeing movies about men damaging each other.

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