I think if you are young and you have children, you still have so much to prove. When you have children later in life, you lose a bit of that urge for working.

You can have a spiritual awakening and discover a new side of you at any age. And best of all, love can happen at any age. Life can just start to get exciting when you're in your 40s and 50s. You have to believe that.

This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh.

How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.

As a woman, you should be more at ease with your sexuality when you are in your 40s...You are more self-assured about that part. And that's the way it should be.

At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me.

For my wrap present, Colin Farrell gave me a first edition book. I got so involved with this character and I was so sad when the movie was over that when I got home and I tried to read the book I got really emotional and I started crying.