It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still.

Anybody who has curly hair knows you don't want it to be brushed out because it becomes a never-ending tangle.

I think male roles are generally much better written. So for actresses, we're always dealing with trying to inject a role with more truth than the writer possibly had in mind.

Anybody who knows me knows my vote can't be bought.

A lot of really good directors have a killer in them, as if they'd do anything to get that image. But that comes with the terrain and I don't mind it.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.