We're in a world where every single movie, if it has a woman in it, is usually wrapped around the woman wanting to be liked in some way, either in her life, or she's young, she's an ingenue, she's a hero, she's the lover of somebody, she's the grandmother, she's a chef.

I think it's always hard for children to talk about abuse because it is only memory. I didn't carry around a tape recorder … I didn't chisel anything in stone … Anybody can look and say, 'Well how do you know for sure?' And that's one of the most painful things about it. You don't.

I think it takes an introspective person to want to go into the theater and see the dark side of themselves.

Some people like to hear and not see, so we have the radio. There are so many different ways that we can get and participate in the arts.

He never admitted anything, even on his deathbed. He was a deluded liar. If it weren't for my father, I don't think I would be so open. So that's a huge blessing.

I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness

I have been very clear to everybody that just because I'm getting married does not mean I call myself a straight.