I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.

I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different.

I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.

It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.

I loved the stage and then grew to love the camera.

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.