I would like to have a home in the country that I could go to. First in this country and the other in the Mediterranean.

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.

Tickles are what power my giggle machine.

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

I am a count, not a saint.

A person only likes his friend to the degree he or she relates and connects to his character.

Sometimes people can't see past us to hear our message. We never have a second chance to leave a first impression.

Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.

The world needs people who save lives.

And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche.

Brother, if you would enter that Province, you must go forward on your knees.

You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking.