I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue.

You can't really be old in L.A., it's kind of like a crime.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

There were moments where people took the to streets and small rebellions, but ultimately it's a change in consciousness - so how do you capture that and bring the piece to light?

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

I did ask Larry David, "How did I get so lucky? How am I here Seinfeld?" He just said, 'Well, when you say your name over and over it just has a really strong rhythm: "Marisa Tomei. Marisa Tomei."

It's really fun working on this Marvel movie [ Spiderman]. The essentials of Aunt May are that she's helped raise Spiderman and she's his moral compass.