I respond very well to well-written material and women who have had an effect on society, something tragic or monumental has happened to them.

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

I think there's a very fine line between the type of performing that some actors do, and being in a state in your mind where you actually believe what's going on. If we weren't actors, what would we do with that ability? Would we not be slightly insane? Mentally ill? I don't know.

I think once you're a mother to one, you're a mother to them all.

My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.