I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art.

When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

I feel like I'm the most forgiven actress I can think of, probably because of this short memory people have!

For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen. I don't know how people raise children and direct films. I'm sorry, I don't know, how can you be good at both?

It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing.