There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress.

I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a catharsis in telling a miserable old tale; you get rid of demons.

I don't look like Catherine Zeta-Jones, so I don't think Hollywood would be that interested in me, to be honest. I just want nice work.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

Nothing is more diminishing than trying to control success or hold on to things.

People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell.

You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be.

There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens.

You just grow up and learn to think instead of just feel.

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me.

Every new day is a divine order.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

Color is like music. The palette is an instrument that can be orchestrated to build form.

My father was a deeply spiritual, prophetic man, [who] I adored. I watched him pray as a boy and wanted to know the "Jesus" he shed tears for.

I am not out to destroy Microsoft, that would be a completely unintended side effect.

I suppose at some point, we all have to decide which memories - real or otherwise - to hold on to, and which ones to let go.

If you look at those matters, you will come to the conclusion that the attitude of the United States of America is a threat to world peace.

See-through goes with everything.

One has to love unconditionally - the trees and the rocks and the sun and the moon and the people.

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