As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.

I don't really talk about my process very much, because I feel like if I give something away, it might not come back.

I am not always happy. I am happy in front of the press. I can be extremely grumpy, ask my husband.

Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.

In other characters, it's driven by insecurity, or it's driven by fear, or - there's always a driver. And all the physical manifestations, you need your way in.

I don't think we can say that all working women will get divorced - it's so dangerous to make these things emblematic of anything - but having said that, every person who has a big, important job and tries to have a family, has to make decisions every single minute.

I would never say don't do acting [to my kids], because I think it is a glorious profession and I am so thankful for everything it has let me express.