These archetypal older women in movies can sometimes make my skin crawl. It's about the one dimension it's about the lack of any texture.

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.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much. I had said too little.

Teaching school is like having jumper cables hooked to your brain, draining all the juice out of you.

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

We should test prudently; not profligately.

Challenges mean opportunities as well.

I would have taken the time to learn how to listen earlier. Learning about non-violent communication and how to take feedback has been integral to both my personal happiness and professional success.

There is a time you can't turn it back. When a person is very destructive, when they hate you tremendously, you have to disassociate with them.

Love, after all, was universal. Qhuinn closed his fist up tight, and knew he would never, ever take that ring off. “Always,” Blay murmured. “Because family is an always kind of thing.

You can't change what you don't acknowledge.

It's hard to find happiness after success if the goalposts of success keep changing.