I would always cast Meryl Streep for everything. I would do with something inspired by the work of Guy Bourdin, my favorite photographer.

[Winning an Oscar] was a beautiful thing that happened. It is in my house, and every time I look at, I see all the people who are a part of it, all the people who gave me opportunities to work, gave me opportunities to make a living at this thing [acting] that was a dream for me, growing up. And I got to do it, and then again and again and again, and make a living out of being an actress.

My plate is full with just acting. I want to focus on that, and then maybe direct in the future.

I was happy that I finally could play a mature woman, because I started working when I was a teenager and was always playing characters according to my age.

I won't go to places where you're going to find more attention. I go to the opposite.

Sometimes you will do a close-up for a scene in the morning where you are totally distraught, then shoot the rest of that scene seven hours later. How do you hang on to that feeling all day without burning up, without going so far that you have nothing left to give when the cameras roll again?

Calcutta is like another world. People there are very special and grateful.