People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.

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

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

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.

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.

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.

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.