Art school is a very difficult thing to run in a generous, humane way, because academic power is somehow very corrupting.

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

I just feel that getting out there physically and protecting New York, putting my arms around everyone and protecting them... to see this happen to our city and our community.

I wanted to play a mother again. I thought it would be interesting to play the mother of an older child. And it was also the kind of part I've been looking for my whole career, actually, in film. You know, just to play a femme fatale who's very smart, and wicked.

For the camera, particularly, I feel like - I think that, as human faces become older, they become more interesting.

It's always the script that's going to lure me. And I don't really care about the part.

I'm very happy with the opportunities I've had.