I love doing serious movies for adults.

My favorite thing is to have a big dinner with friends and talk about life.

Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.

You can't not be happy around penguins. You're unfortunately happy and cold but the happiness makes up for the coldness.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

I feel that's the richest gift that's ever been given to me: I get to do what I love. And it's a really brutal business, and no matter how successful you are you hear "No" more than "Yes."

I always had challenges when I was younger, because I looked so young but sounded older.

I played the mom in Spy Kids when I was, like, 27. So it was ridiculous. But [Robert Rodriguez] was like, "You know what? If we do our job right, no one will question it." And nobody did.

I'm much more of a kid now than I was when I was a kid. I was the kind of kid who was valedictorian, a straight-A student. My mom used to say, "Please stop studying and get outside."

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.

I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.

Oh what a shame, if she thought any beauty that she has came from him. She didn't understand the beauty of her own skin.

He who prays and labours lifts his heart to God with his hands.

If the children acquiesce, they may learn to suppress their anger to avoid retribution. But the rage remains inside, often just below the surface.

I think that the key to any interview is allowing people to feel comfortable enough that they forget they're being interviewed.

You don't have to shout from the mountaintops. Sometimes power comes in a soft, calm, compassionate way, like a quiet warrior.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

I believe that perfection handicaps cinema.

We come from ruins, but we're not ruined.

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.

It’s critical that young people start flexing their creative muscles in order to take on the world's most complex challenges.