Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

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

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.

I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world.

I do think sometimes when scrolling through the TV and there's something on and I look at it and I think oh, my god. I thought I was fat? What is my problem?

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances.

And she [Margaret Thatcher] also had a sort of a way, like a railroad train, of going, taking a breath and starting quite quietly and making a point in a way that you don't really know that this point is going to be made through several examples, and there will be not be a break in the speaking voice at any point.