Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.

Honestly, I'm always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped at 28. A few years ago we would have been finished by our age.

I think most human beings, even if you're in a situation that's constricting or complicated or hard, they try to survive.

If I've learned anything as a mom with a daughter who's three, I've learned that you cannot judge the way another person is raising their kid. Everybody is just doing the best they can. It's hard to be a mom.

What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary.

It's a hard life to have sex with eight to 10 men a night. That's hard physically, let alone emotionally.