They were showing clips from my earlier films. All I could see was this beautiful young woman who was anxious about whether she was too heavy or if her nose was too big. I felt like saying to her, 'Just relax and it will all be OK.

I have a lot of people to thank and I'm going to be one of those people that tries to mention a lot of names, because I know just two seconds ago my mother and father went completely berserk and I'd like to give some other mothers and fathers that same opportunity.

The formula of happiness and success is just, being actually yourself, in the most vivid possible way you can.

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.

Instant gratification is not soon enough.

I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies.

Margaret Thatcher was a pioneer, willingly or unwillingly, for the role of women in politics.