Acting just happens to be my skill, but I think I would probably be just as happy being a technician or entering into the film business in some other way.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older.

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.