I don't have very much interest in trends and fashions. I don't follow the fashion shows and stuff like that into my real life. But I'm very, very interested in how people put themselves together, how women and men announce themselves to the world, through what they put on their bodies. Whether we choose Birkenstocks or whether we choose Burberry - it all signifies something and it's really interesting to me.

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.

We are the choices we have made.

Teachers perform major miracles in America, daily.

If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are duty-bound to spread around like manure. Fertilize those young minds!

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

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