[On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.