I really want my kids to feel, is that they can be themselves in the world.

What I think is new is the wealth of roles for actual women in television and in film. That's what I think is revolutionary and evolutionary.

Having an education is invaluable.

I want roles that challenge people to question where they are in life.

Honestly, I'm always aware of the political implications of the movies that I make.

I have a couple of girlfriends who are like healing. We take care of each other. They know when I need to be taken care of.

I find myself more and more interested only in roles which move the world forward.

Being a mother has absolutely forced me. You have to write things down and have systems for all of it. And then you set up systems and you realize they don't work.

To get people emotionally involved in something intellectual and political is important.

A lot of actresses are doing incredible work right now, playing real women, complicated women. I don't feel despairing at all. And I'm more looking with hope for something fascinating.

I'm 37 and I was told recently I was too old to play the lover of a man who was 55. It was astonishing to me. It made me feel bad, and then it made me feel angry, and then it made me laugh.

R.I.P.Tom Conlon O'Rourke.Not Dead, just Sleeping.

I have to believe that when my eyes are closed, the world's still there. (Leonard Shelby, Memento)

Every child should be read to.

We have an infinite ability to make an impact but we have a finite time here to make a difference and to leave some sort of legacy

I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.

You don't get any medal for trying something, you get medals for results.

Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Our bodily food is changed into us, but our spiritual food changes us into it.

If you're emotional and you're great at something, the money will follow.