Angelina Jolie

Therapy? I don't need that. The roles that I choose are my therapy.

There's something about death that is comforting. The thought that you could die tomorrow frees you to appreciate your life now.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.

I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.