~My instinct is to protect my children from pain. But adversity is often the thing that gives us character and backbone. It's always been a struggle for me to back off and let my children go through difficult experiences.~

I just want to be nominated; beggars can't be choosers.

You want to take some responsibility for you choices so that it sets the groundwork for that next generation of actresses.

As a child, my whole life was books. They were my fantasy. That's where I could go. That was a lot of times [what] saved me.

I think having my life be as private and quiet as possible is a way in which then I can go and play characters.

I want to be contributing and working with people that I like and love, and this was the perfect combination.

The thing I'm not good with is mediocrity, when someone isn't really trying to reach something.