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

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.

Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences

The only power you have is the word no.

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

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.