We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

When women have reclaimed their voices and men reclaimed their hearts, we won't be invading countries, we won't be feeling that we have the right to launch preemptive wars.

This toxic striving for perfection is a female thing. How many men obsess about being perfect? For men, generally, good enough is good enough.

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.

I like to think both - it's not either/or. It's and.

I think what's happening in the world - there's nothing more dangerous than a wounded beast, and the patriarchy is wounded.

So much conspires to silence us - because our truths are inherently subversive.