I love New York, but being there the whole year, it gets a little crazy with the speed and rhythm of things.

[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.

I have seen water availability change drastically in my own lifetime. Around the world, millions of people are already living in a true water crisis.

I think superstition has a lot to do with fear: the less, the better.

Age holds absolutely no fear for me. There is so much enjoyment ahead.

Sometimes I feel we express more with dancing or acting or painting than with words.

When I was on the set, I was not talking on the phone or reading anything else. I was just reading things, listening to music and watching things that had to do with the state of the scene. So it would be a constant, maintaining for the whole day that state. If I had an hour off for lunch, I would put on a movie or something that would help me stay in that area. And at the end of the day, I was like a zombie.