I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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 Victorian Age, for all its humbug, was a period of rapid progress, because men were dominated by hope rather than fear. If we are again to have progress, we must again be dominated by hope.

Even in extreme conditions, we should not act according to the flesh, for it lusts against the spirit

A step towards what you fear is a mile towards mastering it.

Do close your mouth. You look like a cow that's being artificially inseminated.

If we avoid work Procrastination we'll achieve the target

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

Without an expectation of success, one is rarely successful.

Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.

The power of the documentary film, when done well, I think is usually more impacting than a narrative, at least for me. Documentaries are also cheaper, they are more accessible to make.

I boldly entered the arena of business and exercised the rights I already possessed.