When you're playing someone who has a strong ego about themselves, you can't play them when you have the opposite opinion of the one they have of themselves.

What about good small roles for women? I've told my agent, if there are two great scenes in a film, I don't care, if it's something with that great edge to it.

I made a commitment to myself: that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference... It has to move people.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

Luckily, I was raised by people whod already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didnt want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.

You can hardly tell where the computer models finish and the real dinosaurs begin