Growing older is not such a big deal for me, despite the fears that older actresses have in Hollywood. When I hit 40, for example, I didn't feel 40 - or whatever that is supposed to feel like.

My partner is a Frenchman, so I have got to smell right.

I also have been called that terrible "N" word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

After all, everybody has secrets and there are some things that nobody knows about you but only you, right?

I think a smart person today realizes that you have to be part of the art films that are done just for the sake of the art.

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.