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.

We have to band together, but the thing in America is that people are terrified of losing their jobs... Maybe California needs to secede. The only thing that'll make any difference is the money... Tax dollars and losing that amount of money. It's one of the most economically powerful states, isn't it? That's where it hurts.

Everyone gets obsessed with anti-aging but I'd rather look as good as I can at the age I am.

I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

I'm not interested in playing characters who see the world through my prism. I think the journey of understanding any character is to see how they tick and how they differ from you.

When you fall in love with someone, you're not really changing at all. You're really just reliving something that already happened at some point.

My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.