I think having pets helps sensitize people to the natural world.
I never got into this business thinking I’d be like a movie star.
We were fortunate enough to have several good books detailing the camps and the women. Some were by the survivors. I also got to talk to some of the women who had been in the camp, survivors.
When I hear that somebody’s difficult, I think, Oh, I can’t wait to work with them.
When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.
Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.
I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness.
With the hugely talented women I’ve worked with or observed, it’s not a question about temperament or ego; it’s a question about getting it right. If they’ve got a reputation for being difficult it’s usually because they just don’t suffer fools.
Diva has a negative connotation.
I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.
I don’t like public venues. I never know what to wear.
I don’t think the tabloids find me very interesting.
Celebrity is death – celebrity – that’s the worst thing that can happen to an actor.
The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It’s my way of saying, Don’t mess with me.
I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.
I’ve distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!
It is very difficult for girls. They’re told to look one way, but to act another way.
Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.
You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.
When you’re on the set, and sometimes, because it’s been so complex and the writers have been really writing, sometimes up until the last minute and you kind of sit back; you separate yourself from your brain, and you say, let me see if you can do this. And that’s the kind of challenge I like.