When I started out, maybe because I did Thelma & Louise early on - but people were always asking, "Are things better for women now?" I would say, "Yeah, I think so. It seems like it." Then a few years in, I started saying, "I think so. I'm getting a lot of good parts, but I don't know." Then eventually, I was like, "Google it. I don't know, but it doesn't seem great."

A woman as the leader of the Free World is an impossibility. Muslim countries won't talk to you.

I just read that 81 percent of Americans are ready to vote for a woman. So it sounds like America is ready.

Having a very complicated life, or a lot of problems, or a lot of flaws, is always great to play.

I'm very competitive, I think.

I was really lucky that I had an aunt who was very inspiring to me. She was different than anybody in my family on either side.

I meet Susan [Saradon], and she was amazing. We sit down to go through the script [Thelma & Louise]. I swear, I think it was page one - she says, "So my first line, I don't think we need that line. Or we could put it on page two. Cut this ..." And I was just like ... My jaw was to the ground.