I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

What you're trying to do as an actor is somehow trick yourself into believing that these words have never been said, and so you've got to discover them for the first time.

Culture civilizes us, and that's why every single despotic regime has tried to smash [the arts].

I think probably winning these things [an Oscar] can be a bit of a curse depending on who you are and how you think. But I haven't been on a journey to get anywhere in particular, so that hasn't changed. And my criteria for choosing projects hasn't changed.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.