I decided when I was a kid that I would only go out of the house if I felt good enough to be bothered. Could I be interrupted at dinner? Am I in the mood? If I am, I go out. If I'm not, I don't! So, it's the art of deciding what the truth of your job is, and what you can and cannot handle. You can design your stresses.

Money and power come as a byproduct of things well done.

I think my friend Tom Hanks knows me. He understands me very well. He’s always had a sort of parental feeling toward me. He knows I’m a big mush ball, which is just part of my personality.

If you're going to play a woman, you might as well play a woman that you liked, and someone sexy.

You can't control the quality of projects that are coming to you, so if you get several in a row that are quality, you take them.

I don't recall the so-called devilish things I do. But there are considerable amounts.

I'm definitely working class, and I still believe in those values. I know that losing everything would not be an unfamiliar feeling. Meaning, if you don't have it anymore, you didn't have it to begin with.