I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to matter to me.

That's my way in the very beginning - how to enter it [a role]. Very quickly in the process, I don't think about voice being separate from the way you hold your head or the way you sit or the way you put on lipstick. It's all a piece of a person, and it's all driven by conviction.

Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art.

There have been directors that I did not enjoy working with, but for the most part I realize that I have been unbelievably spoiled in my career because I have worked with some of the greatest, greatest directors ever.

When criticism comes your way as an actor they are not criticizing your writing or your painting or your piece, they are criticizing you! It is hard to put that away in a place where you are not hurt.

Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other.

When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready to talk.