Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work, after you work, in between work, with your children, with your husband, with your friends, with your mother, with your father. It's everything. And it's where you learn everything.

Instant gratification is not soon enough.

I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot.

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.

Acting is being susceptible to what is around you, and it's letting it all come in. Acting is a clearing away of everything except what you want and need - and it's wonderful in that way. And when it's right, you're lost in the moment.

I don't have a favorite director just like I don't have a favorite color or I don't have a favorite food. I like everything.

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.