The only real failure is the failure to try.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do.

Children have become disengaged from nature and we need to reintroduce them to the pleasure that it brings. If we do that they will care for it. Through the simple act of planting a tree we can open their eyes to nature's beauty.

People seem to have this idea that I've always been very ambitious. Nothing could be further from the truth.

One of the benefits of being a mature well-educated woman is that you're not afraid of expletives. And you have no fear to put a fool in his place. That's the power of language and experience. You can learn a lot from Shakespeare.

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination.