While being called beautiful is extremely flattering, I would much rather be noticed for my work as an actress.

I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.

Sexuality is part of being a woman, it's part of what empowers us when we're smart enough to know how to use it.

In Monster's Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that's how I like to approach my career.

I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.