If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.

If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.

When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset.

When I started acting, I was told over and over again, 'You're no good.' But I said to myself, 'You've got to keep it up.'

If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.

There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.

Life is about creating new opportunities, not waiting for them to come to you.