The ratio of male to female characters in movies has been exactly the same since 1946. So if you've ever had people say, you know, "It's better now, it's all changed, it's all different," it's not, it hasn't. Not yet.

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

My knowledge of horror films is pathetic because I can't really watch them.

The most important thing is to change what children see from the beginning. To not create a problem we have to fix later.

I haven't ever gone to any Mensa meetings.

For a long time, way back in the ’30s and ’40s, there were fabulous female roles. Bette Davis and all those people had incredible, great roles. After World War II, something happened where it was not only "get out of the factories," but "get out of the movies." That's when women's roles started to really [change].

My thing in high school was being the tallest kid in class. Always. I was always the tallest kid in class.