Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.

And it interferes with your ability to be a good actress if you're constantly aware of yourself as a person. To me, it isn't valuable to think about how I'm coming off all the time if I'm trying to create a character, because that's a process that I love. It's like falling in love and surrendering to another person or a character.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.

Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference.

I can't stand most things that I see.

This is your time and it feels normal to you, but really, there is no normal. There's only change and resistance to it and then more change.