There can be no better measure of our governance than the way we treat our children, and no greater failing on our part than to allow them to be subjected to violence, abuse or exploitation.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

It [military action on Iraq] makes me feel ashamed to come from the United States. It is humiliating.

For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.

Sometimes the odds are against you-the director doesn't know what the hell he's doing, or something falls apart in the production, or you're working with an actor who's just unbearable.

When I am home for like a two-year stretch, I get antsy, because I want to work.