I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

I dont theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that shes thinking.

I wasn't very good about juggling family and my career. I was interested in who was coming to the children's birthday party, what my son was writing. I was thinking about Legos.

Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are.

I don't like sitting around in my dressing room very much. It feels a lot like theater.

There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful.

A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.