And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.

I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody.

Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway.

Acting is what I do. It's not what I solely define myself as.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.