I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.

I've been in very few flat-out comedies. But I feel like I've always made comedies.

I'm learning in my old age that the only thing you can do to keep your sanity is to stay in the moment.

Sometimes I think women are lucky because they can develop in ways men can't. The old-boy network may be oppressive to women, but it actually stunts men in terms of personal growth.

While we have a very strong popular culture, the roots of American culture are very shallow, and we put emphasis on how a movie does as far as the box office goes. Many years ago, it would have been vulgar to print box - office grosses in the paper. Now The New York Times does it, and it's the big story for people interested in arts and entertainment on Monday. Which is why emphasis has shifted away from filmmakers and fallen on movie stars and business people.

Mounting those red stairs [in Cannes] is something I've done with a very different intention many times. So it's interesting any time you witness those shifts of perspective. The beach scenes were also fun. It felt very strange and very theatrical to kind of commandeer it and have La Mer booming over the speakers.