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.

I can't imagine my life without animals. I have two dogs and three cats. Coming home and finding them all lined up at the door waiting for me has got to be one of the sweetest joys of my life.

When I’m rested, I’m at my best.

And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.

I never put myself in that box of you're an Oscar winner so you can only do this or that. That's one award, one night, and it does not define my career or it does not define me as an artist. I never wanted to get put in that Oscar box because that's a lonely place to be.

Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.

The day I saw my mom eating the Santa cookies on the plate was one of the most horrific days of my life.