I can become you for a second and you can become me and this lifts us up.

I think your self emerges more clearly over time.

I never give any character I play less respect than I give my own life.

There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.

Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person.

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.

I had a number of great teachers and the ones that really were the strongest influences on me were women. They were really, really smart and interesting women.