My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the Grapes of Wrath, his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

You know, you're only as happy as your least happy child. So if your kids aren't okay, you're not good.

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

I knew that my newfound activism and feminism was going to improve my acting, because I was seeing things not just in very narrow, individual, kind of Freudian terms, but seeing them in a much broader, societal way that was going to deepen and enrich my talent.

Seek women mentors. If you're a businesswoman, look at the TEDx conferences. There's a lot of businesswomen that speak on there. I find them extremely inspiring.

A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.