One of the things I do tell young women, if they want to pursue a career in acting, is to get good stage training. It is essential to have a good basis in stage technique. You can move into film easily, and acquire more skill and more understanding, but you can't necessarily go the other way around. For women, longevity of career will very much be on stage.

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 find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring.

I don't believe in simply accumulating money, but I have the luxury to say that, because I have enough for all my needs

I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women

The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence.

This is not about abortion or the antics. This is about pro choice versus anti-choice and government intervention in a woman's personal decisions about her life.