Jennifer Beals

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not a person who lives in the past.”

“I try to eat in a way that is not going to be a problem for the planet.”

“Kindness is the greatest wisdom.”

“The moment you stop learning, you're dead.”

“When you have a child, you're not going to be the same person. You're going to be a different person, and that's OK.”

“After 'Flashdance,' I was in a bubble. I was 18, and I was a student. It was such a big hit, I had to run for cover.”

“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.”

“It’s really important to share the idea that being different is not a bad thing.”

“I think it's important to be able to laugh at yourself and life.”

“You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend or not.”

“I think there's a certain grace in acknowledging you don't know everything.”

“The story is the most important thing. The story is the engine of the film.”

“For me, the camera is a strange instrument. It is not a mirror; it is an x-ray machine. And I feel that when it is on me.”

“There's a sense of community that comes from being on a show for a long time.”

“You can't really legislate intelligence and common sense.”

“I've always been a bit of an outsider. I've always felt like I'm on the fringe of things.”