I don't want to give up acting - it's what I am.

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people.

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean.

I keep seeing myself in my daughter, and I see my mother in me and in her. Bloody hell.

Debate is so much better than denial.

It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I can understand why people get annoyed at being remembered for one thing, but a lot of actors aren't remembered for anything. I don't mind that.

When I think of the future, I think of doing my washing so I've something to wear tomorrow.

I couldn't watch Tom and Jerry. The cruelty was too much. I had all these strange images, of tiny animals, all mixed up.

The past and future are what’s complicated. It’s the present that’s simple.

Stevie Nicks has always been my fashion icon, so I wanted to blend her infamous witchy style with the 90s valley girl theme that I was so entranced by as a young girl.

Some ideas need to be continually reinvented and rediscovered, particularly an idea like the omnipotence of humans. It takes a long time to give up.

Hey, see if they've got any pie. Bring me some pie. I love me some pie.

If I were a Palestinian of the right age, I'd eventually join one of the terrorist organizations.

If I haven't fought for my country at least I'll paint for her.

My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.

I'm a people person and I've met some great people along the way and made some great friends.

Chantal is having a relationship with a sentence. Just one of those things. A chance meeting that grew into something important for the both of them.

I'm incredibly close to my family. I have two younger brothers; they're both artists and actors, and their work and the way they see the world inspires me.