What's totally terrifying is that, unlike a musician who has a musical instrument, or a painter that's got a canvas and a brush, acting is us. Our energy, our soul, our spirits. And it's so hard because it's so vul­nerable. You're exposing everything.

Ted needs someone to be there 100% of the time. He thinks that's love. It's not love - it's babysitting.

I know how gratifying it is not only to work in film but to be acknowledged by peers; producing 9 to 5 was an opportunity that I valued precisely because it’s so rarely in the hands of women.

You cannot expect your children to be happy eating esoteric beige-colored foods when their friends get soda pop, Snickers, and Twinkies.

My greatest asset is that I am constantly changing.

To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.

We grow up being told, "Be a good girl." When you're told to be good, you have to get rid of whatever is bad.