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.

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.

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.

I'm a character actress, plain and simple... Who can worry about a career? Have a life. Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.

I don't think of myself as a movie star and I can pretty easily convince other people that I'm not a movie star.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one

There’s no desire to be an adult. Adulthood is not a goal. It’s not seen as a gift. Something happened culturally: No one is supposed to age past 45 — sartorially, cosmetically, attitudinally. Everybody dresses like a teenager. Everybody dyes their hair. Everybody is concerned about a smooth face.