See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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.

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

Otis Grows is a kid’s book that looks at adult problems. It playfully engages us all to consider: what’s tough, what’s inherent, but most of all, what’s possible.

The American people can have anything they want the trouble is they don't know what they want.

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.

In any normal season, most of the teams below Chelsea would think they are doing quite well.

Worry is half impatience and half ignorance.

Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

People expect you to play your best, so I go through a routine to prepare myself so that I know I'm physically and mentally ready - prepared for the game.

Royalty is a fine burial shroud.

I look at the stories that Spike Lee tells... Great stories. Great director, great storyteller.