Sometimes people think of actors as marionettes - everybody else makes the decisions for us - and, you know, really, making this decision [of which roles to take] is the only thing you lay claim to.

I'm just an ordinary person who has an extraordinary job.

'Snow White' is an old fairy tale, so obviously the idea of vanity and obsession with youth is long-standing. With today's science, people have become crazy with trying to move their face around. It's bizarre.

I've sort of grown into my cuteness.

I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.

The older you get, the more fragile you understand life to be. I think that's good motivation for getting out of bed joyfully each day.

People talk about this Julia Roberts almost like it's a cup of Pepsi. People think Julia Roberts is something they created. The fact is, 26 years ago, there was this scrunched-up little pink baby named Julia Roberts. I am a girl, like anybody else.