I never think of the future. I never imagine what comes next.

I've worked with some teachers and coaches over the years, but I didn't really study theater or technique or voice or any of that stuff extensively.

I like playing characters who are out there on the edge, where they can explode at any moment or fall off the precipice.

For me, acting was always a way to explore emotions - to dip into the well and really try to reach rock bottom down there. That was the most exciting part of it. I hadn't found anything that really allowed me to do that until I came upon acting.

I have made decisions based from purely an actor's point of view.

I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden.

It took Sydney Pollack a long time to get me to do Tootsie. I asked myself if I wanted to play some frothy, ditzy character after I had just done Frances. Obviously, I'm thrilled that I did.