It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well.

Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

acting is a wild ride, shared in the company of other actors.

I don't think so much anymore. When you're younger, and at your height, then people want you to do that great one again. But seriously, things are forgotten, and that's the truth.

My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life.

I wish I had put myself out there a little bit more and experienced people more instead of protecting myself.

Choosing the freedom to be uninteresting never quite worked for me.