I became an actress because I discovered the world of the imagination when I was about 14 or so and the concept that you could engage in this amazing world of storytelling. I saw a production of Hamlet, and I didn't know Hamlet died in the end.

Being powerful is so much more interesting than being beautiful.

You could build three hospitals with the cost of one film and I take that very seriously.

Once a film gets into production, the actors sometimes begin to have more input than a writer does.

Right after winning the Oscar, when everyone was going home, they let these little gold Oscary shapes flutter down from the ceiling. Leonardo DiCaprio came over, bowed down, and kissed my hand. It was the most fabulous moment - such a lovely gesture. He didn't say anything.

Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies.

I don't share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap into. I don't mind spiders or snakes or darkness.