I want every version of a woman and a man to be possible. I want women and men to be able to be full-time parents or full-time working people or any combination of the two.

I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.

I read every biography [of Jackie Kennedy] I could get my hands on.

Point shoes are torture devices.

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

There's so much else to do in the world. To just be interested in doing films would limit my life.

I think mainly it's an optics thing: to be able to visualize a woman in a position of power. It's going to be wonderful for all of us in every field.