It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am.

The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

Being is like pretending.

As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.