It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

I think because I was a mother, it helped me feel comfortable that really my primary goal there was to save my kids.

Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a long period of artistic confusion. I'd spent years doing work that hadn't pushed me enough, and I was beginning to wonder if I had any talent.

People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.

I spent my whole life trying to play the games males play.

I see myself at a certain age as not being able to play the kind of parts that would keep me stimulated, and I can't imagine my life ending professionally the moment that I've got to go to the plastic surgeon and have my face rearranged.

I feel like my first conversation with someone, I really get a good feeling about who that person is and mainly about how open they are.