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

Because Shakespeare's language is so expansive, we're under this misconception that it's difficult. But I discovered that it's easy because it's so brilliantly written. The words are perfect, and the language is intelligent and very emotional.

The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.

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

To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

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