When I wrote the script [of "Aquarius"], it seemed to hold people's interest.

It's a great role for any age. Any actress wishes they would find a screenplay that means as much to them as "Aquarius" meant to me, as a person and a citizen.

The only thing I know is that we came from the stars, and that we have the same material as the stars. That's all that I know. Everything else I don't know.

I grew up in a very open-minded family. My father died when I was very little, so my mother was really, really incredibly busy trying to provide for us.

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

I have two kids now and through watching them, I keep having flashbacks to my own childhood.

I think of a movie as a human body. You can feel the pump of the heart and the blood going through the veins when you watch that scene.

You can keep yourself alive. That's the magic of being an actor.

Women at my age they are making love, they are feeling sensual, they flirt, they have boyfriends, they have a sexual life. They are just not being represented in the movies.

It makes sense that somebody told you that you made the film from your perspective as a father.

I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.

Forgiveness is remembering the truth of who you are.

although science interests me just because of its efforts to escape from anthropomorphic knowledge, I am nonetheless convinced that our imagination cannot be anything but anthropomorphic.

Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.

I had peanut butter once. It was awful.

Democracy depends on information circulating freely in society.

My "home" is a controversial topic. I don't exactly have one. I live all over the world.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

Meaning, not beauty, is what we are after.

New Orleans is one of the most exciting, incredible communities in the world. There's such a rich culture and history, and there are innumerable things to do.

I go straight for Seinfeld, Modern Family, Friends, and Golden Girls. Those are my pillars of strength on TV.