I think there's a dishonorable tradition in Hollywood to give the idea, particularly to children, that evil characters are dark.

I follow my nose. It’s as simple as that.

I live a soldier's life when I'm working. That's how it feels to me, except I've got a slightly greater chance of survival.

It's a real comfort zone for me to feel alien.

I made The War Zone when I had just given birth to twins, and my post-partum frame was very much on display there.

I've been really happy to be in that conversation with Scott [Derrickson] for a few months now. We started chewing this cud a while ago. He is, as you probably know, an extremely erudite thinker in terms of religious philosophy and just thinking about a modern take on something really, really ancient, about how to imagine living beyond any physical bounds, which we're on the verge of now.

Anybody knows who lives with animals, they teach you more about what it is to be a good human than most people: patience, goodheartedness, enthusiasm, presence, forgiveness, focus, restfulness, honesty.