I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.

I think movies are great and I have a great time making them but they're not what keeps you warm at night, or what's ultimately the most important thing in anyone's life journey.

You're an actress! It's not about your ideas! You're there to tell other people's stories.

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.

Costumes, fashion, it's all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries - the more that people work at creating alternative ideas - the more it changes people's ideas of beauty.

I don't think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It's not easy on anybody.