I think I missed all of the wonderful things ... I missed the control that you have in film, and I missed getting it right, really getting it right, the way you hope people will see it. All of the things that people love about theater - the fact that it changes every night and that it's so spontaneous - all of those things just frighten me.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago, back in the stone age.

I love the way L A. leaves you alone. I can go home, read all day, and nobody bugs me.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I also feel like I've learned over the years what is not important, and that is also great: to know what is pointless to spend your energy on, to be more specific.

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.