I'm not a natural ocean person. I married into a family of swimmers, and I've slowly been drawn into the sea.

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.

I'm fascinated by the First World War because it was supposed to be the war to end all wars, and it was the biggest conflagration that this particular planet had seen. There was a lot of talk about utopia and how it was possible, and then, because of these events that for one reason or another couldn't be stopped, the idea of utopia went out the window.

So I think things are going to get closer and closer to each other, because the screens will force that to happen. I think there are a lot of movies that people will only see on their computers or their iPods.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.