I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

We all are doing the best we can. I would like to say that I'm a walking poster board for feminism and women's liberation, but there are things that I do in my life that deeply, deeply fall short of being a statement for being a strong woman. I am flawed as much as anyone else.

You never know how you're going to affect people.

Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century.

You start to find a rhythm and usually if it makes me laugh or comment in the editing room then I knew that's what's going to happen in the audience. That first reaction is usually the right reaction.

When I did A Soldier's Story, I was very young and green and thought I knew everything-now I know I know everything!