But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

The whole interest of my reason, whether speculative or practical, is concentrated in the three following questions: What can I know? What should I do? What may I hope? (Critique of Pure Reason

If you work hard you'll be happy and if you don't then you'll go to hell!

Everyone's gotta make their own way.

An utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.

The day was gray, the color of Europe.

I don't like to get bored and don't like to repeat myself.

I see films in theaters, and I enjoy films. I enjoy the art of storytelling, and the different ways to tell them.

I won't belong to a club that accepts me as a member

The president has said Republicans want dirty air and dirty water.