I didn't have any confidence in my beauty when I was young. I felt like a character actress, and I still do.

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?

Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.

You can have a perfectly horrible day where you doubt your talent... Or that you're boring and they're going to find out that you don't know what you're doing.

Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

Every easy choice will have its consequence tomorrow.

I'm in show business. I believe in illusion and delusions and in holding aloft the bubble of a dream of some sort because, really, there are lots of reasons to look at the chasm. But art and music, these ineffables, they're just - they're the consolations of what human beings can create and make, and delight is accessible, you know, should you care to find it.