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

I never trusted good-looking boys.

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

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.

The only power you have is the word no.

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'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between marijuana and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue, and a choice issue.