When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.

The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don't be a guy

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

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 tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance.

I felt that the biological clock was some myth to keep me from doing what I wanted to do. And so I rebelled against it in the '90s. I thought it was a backlasher, some sort of faulty data. But it's real. I'm glad I woke up before my body was just like 'uh-uh.

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