I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

With a group of people, a troupe of actors in the theater, you go out on tour, and you're like a traveling circus. It's very sociable, and there's a real community, and it's very intense, and then you may never see them again. That was very appealing. I mean, it wasn't consciously appealing, but I think a lot of actors like that.

I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects.

I just think that things get easier as you get older and wiser and more experienced. You get more confident about who you are as you get older. I find that really comforting.

When I play a part, I never think about likability.

People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.