Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was a way to choose a new family.

Acting is like peeling an onion. You have to peel away each layer to reveal another.

When you really put your heart in the work, you don't think of how you look. And I think that's the beauty of it.

As an actress, I think there is always a political consciousness there.

I like intensity. If it's too mellow, I feel like, bleah. I like intensity, because it's way of reaching spaces inside of you, and it's my need of knowledge, of knowing about myself regardless.

If you told me tomorrow that I couldn't act anymore, it wouldn't bother me. I have only one wish: to meet the man of my life.

But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit.