But for me, it [singing] was a way to get out the feeling of the song, and also to get out the feelings that, you know, roil in high school, to express something that I had no other way of expressing.

I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived.

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?

I follow no doctrine. I don't belong to a church or a temple or a synagogue or an ashram.

I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci - and they were a little coterie of laughs.