It's so great as an actor to get the opportunity to do something that's incredibly truthful.

I mean I tried to transform myself through characters throughout my career.

I just want to make good movies. Honestly, the only difference for me with this stuff is that there is more people on the set.

Think bigger than society lets you think. And find mentors. My life is filled with people who knew me when I was 19 and had a horrible South African accent and bleach-blond hair and who believed in me in a way that was brutal. They were just unbelievable and consistent and smart. Find mentors who, every time you're with them, you're being schooled. Just absolutely schooled.

Men are like fine wines - the older they get, the better they get.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just be a woman.

There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.