I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it.

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

I haven't gotten stuck with something because I just keep going, and I keep doing different things.

I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly.

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.