"My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it."

“Don't let others put thoughts into your mind that takes away your self-confidence.”

Source : "Interview: Playwright Katori Hall Reaches for King’s Mountaintop". Interview with Lonna Saunders, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2011.

“I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.”

“I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.”

“I'm a sinner. I don't always love God as strongly as I could or as directly as I should. Ash Wednesday reminds me that it is only through God that I have life; He gave it to me. God forgives. He loves. And He gives this sinner a second chance. Put simply: my God kicks ash.”

“I grew up in Hawaii and I think those islands are some of the most amazing places on the planet.”

“If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.”

“There is nothing like understanding that your work has touched somebody. That is the sole purpose of acting. To be able to move and inspire. If I can do that for one person it is already changing the world and that makes me feel accomplished.”

Source : Interview with Kale Slade, www.movievine.com. December 19, 2011.

“Planet Lucy Press? I incorporated myself to deal with publishing and was calling myself Big Bang Incorporated, which of course has to do with the Big Bang at the beginning of creation.”