Ninety-five percent of women's experiences are about being a victim. Or about being an underdog, or having to survive... women didn't go to Vietnam and blow things up. They are not Rambo.

There is no doubt that each of us is born an individual. Why is it then that so many of us die carbon copies?

With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.

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

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

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age.