You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.

Catholics have guilt and Jews have guilt, fine. But mothers can trump them all.

One of my favorite parts of myself is my motherhood aspect, it just turned out to be the best thing about my life [Laughs], the most rewarding and deepening, so I have a delight in portraying mothers.

I think certainly directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that.

I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.

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