I think that certainly my choices empower me.

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.

One of the things that's hardest as an actor is you are being critiqued constantly, and having your mother critiquing you can be challenging.

I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.

I was always fraught with guilt, and it's such a waste of an emotion. It keeps you out of the moment of being where you are.

Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever.