A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.

I've always said about awards that they're meaningless until you win one, and then they're best thing in the world. The other thing about awards is that they engender respect from areas where it might never have come from without it.

I'd love to be a voice in 'Toy Story 4.'

We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings'.

I believe in sex on a first date. Otherwise, how do you know if a second date is worth the effort?

I think early on it's important to put that at the back of your mind and make your own choices. Sometimes you do pick the same choices, just as a matter of course - not because someone else did it first, but because it was the best choice to make. But any actor worth his salt makes something their own.

To be embraced by Hollywood when I'd been acting professionally for almost 50 years seemed unbelievable. I've been so welcomed in such a warm, generous way - it seemed crazy not to take advantage of it. I hope for another 20 years where I can still keep going.