The word diva has a negative connotation.

I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness

I think Cruella is evil, because she's the devil. But all the other characters, I was able to find a common humanity with them somewhere, knowing where they're most fragile, where they're most vulnerable, knowing some of the things that happened to them that might have formed this kind of behavior.

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

I also have always felt that television has a huge potential for the kinds of audiences that some films would never dream or ever be able to have. So that potential is very exciting to me.