Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer.

I'd rather have a small part in a movie I love than a bigger part in one I don't care about.

There's something to be said for going right into people's living rooms. I think actors have always loved that medium - you're right in there with people in their homes. A lot of very audacious work is being done on television.

In the past, 'Avatar' would have won because Oscar voters loved to hand out awards to big productions, like 'Ben-Hur.' Today it's fashionable to give the Oscar to a small movie that nobody saw.

Maybe you're better to play a villain just straight out.

I am sent too many mainstream scripts in which the older woman is really quite grotesque. Sometimes you read a script and you feel quite sick that they have to caricature older women in such a negative way.

I think that every piece has its challenges. I love going back and forth between one and the other. I'll always pick a comedy over a drama.