Sometimes I think people are famous because they're themselves and they do a role and you see them do it.

I'm an actress. I'm not putting my life on the line for any great cause. I don't step out too boldly about anything except my children and family.

I try to do different roles and try to immerse myself deeply and see what they need to be that's different than the last one.

I do always try to find the goodness in somebody. I can't possibly believe in somebody if they don't have a core.

In this particular business [cinema], you don't choose your own experiences. They start to happen and then they start to peel off and make other ones happen, and then you can start choosing. But it happens to you.

Sometimes I'm considered, I guess, a subtle actor. Maybe I'm less of a showman and more just trying to tell the story. I don't know what the perception is. I just want to tell the story so the story as a whole works as opposed to just making sure that I work.

You can only ask to be respected if you respect yourself.