I don't think you can ever completely transform yourself on film, but if you do your job well, you can make people believe that you're the character you're trying to be.

I don't need a director who's 'good with actors.'...A master manipulator is heaven.

Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.

I never trusted good-looking boys.

Not everything comes along just when you want it. There are times when choices just have to be made or you'll simply miss out.

We are on red alert when it comes to how we are perceiving ourselves as a species. There's no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.

The only power you have is the word no.