But I'd like the pie heated and I don't want the ice cream on top I want it on the side and I'd like strawberry instead of vanilla if you have it if not then no ice cream just whipped cream but only if it's real if it's out of a can then nothing.

All of [motherhood] surprised me. It surprised me from the very first second I saw Jack. I'd believed that my pregnancy was a condition. It never computed. And there he was. Everyone made fun of me because I stared at him for months and months, not being able to believe he was real.

There are assumptions made about the way you look. I'm always surprised when people don't think I'm smart.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether or not they're seen is another issue.

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.

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