Some men have a silly theory about beautiful women - that somewhere along the line they'll turn into a monster. That movie gave them a chance to watch it happen.

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.

I have a farm and I love it there. There's really nothing to do, but even watching the chickens, its fun.

Try to figure out who you really are and not who you want other people to think you are.

I love family films. Of course, as a mother who has to watch so many movies, you really appreciate it when somebody makes a film that is for everybody - family entertainment that's really for the family, where everyone has a good time.

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

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.