I said, 'I'm going to the United States to study with Stella Adler and do movies because nobody here has done it and my passion is films.' But I came here and I didn't speak English, I didn't have a green card, I didn't know I had to have an agent, I couldn't drive, I was dyslexic.

I always look forward to seeing a man who has more brains than me.

I'm saving my sick days for when I'm feeling better.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

I think it's not a femme fatale when someone is not doing it to manipulate men or be like a black widow. She loves him. She does it out of love. She wants him so badly to stay with her.

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.

It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don't get them because I have an accent.