Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter.

I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you.

The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.

I separated myself in Prada because I didn't want to have fun. They were all having a lot of fun - Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci - and they were a little coterie of laughs.

Singing and acting are very similar. Singing makes you reach into your deepest feelings. Singing is an extension of everything that you do when you're acting.

Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody.