I love the new technology in terms of giving access to doing more independent work. When I first started out, any film had to rent from Panavision and the expenses were humongous. Now, given the advances in technology, you can put out extraordinary quality filmmaking at nothing like the price it used to be.

If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.

I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?

I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up.

I don't think it has to be one religious structure, one church. I think the issues of faith and redemption are much more universal than any one religion.

Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well

I figured as I got older, the good roles for women would be in the theatre. So 15 years ago I started building a Broadway career to try and develop the chops to be accepted as a great theatrical actress.