I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

That's the hardest part of acting: when it is ultra-personal, when it is deeply personal, and there's no lying involved. You can't fake it, you can't get by it. This is dealing with the most primal instincts and emotions that a mother can have.

I think every metropolitan city has its pockets of - that's what makes them great.

At the core, I am an actress. And I think, in a way, that's a good thing in that I am, I think, empathetic and sympathetic to the film. I would never pretend to have the discerning and acute critical eye that a lot of the great critics in our business do have. I don't look at it as being a critic or placing a judgment on a film, and I do think, how do you decide which film is best anyway? It's always a little bit of a mixed bag. But, I think it is just a collective group of people coming together to honor the work of an artist - that's how I think of it.

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll rehearse lines.