Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me.

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'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s.

If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try.

Teachers perform major miracles in America, daily.

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

No one has ever asked an actor, 'You're playing a strong-minded man.' We assume that men are strong-minded, or have opinions. But a strong-minded woman is a different animal.