I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough... yet." Which meant it was up to me.

There's always been a shortage of roles for three-dimensional women, no matter what age. If you look at the statistics on women in film, be they behind the camera or in front of the camera, and it's pretty nauseous-making. It always has been.

I've done some good work and some not-good work.

You can't help but feel all the human-rights issues.

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

I've grown used to being lonely over the years, so I don't seek to change it. But aren't there many people who are lonely?

You may be a little older, or a little more neurotic, or a little more closed off. But inside, you're just the same.