I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.

Your confidence grows as you get older, particularly when you're in a loving relationship. Everything strengthens.

I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.

Dealing with these emotions as an actress is like being a boxer put into the ring.

I think it's important for me as an actor that I say these are the issues I'm going to be committed to. One of them for me is women and children's health around the world and their rights;the other is ovarian cancer.

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.

I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character actor and I'm always trying to stay a character actor.