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.

I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.

Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

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

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

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.