There’s a group I’ve been close to, since childhood. We spend a lot of time together.’.
I don’t mind girls or boys. My mother gets upset when I say I want all girls because Apple is so fabulous.
My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months.
I was so bad with the food and alcohol in Nashville. If you saw me naked compared to what I looked like when I did Iron Man 2, when I was exercising every day – I’ll get it back together, but I’ve never eaten so much fried food and white flour in my life, ever.
I can do short jobs. If I was still starring in three movies every year, there’s no way that I’d be the person my kids want when they fall down.
My hair is pretty wavy. And it’s coarse and color-treated so I’m big on conditioner and conditioning masks.
I’m superstitious. Before I start a movie, I always kill a hobo with a hammer.
I made a pact with myself that I’d rather have less money than be embarrassed.
I am who I am. I can’t pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year.
We feel it’s unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is.
Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put in the back of the cab without having to collapse it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends.
Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, ‘Another romantic comedy?’ You see her in something like ‘Walk the Line’ and think, ‘God, you’re so great!’ And then you think, ‘Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?’ But of course, it’s for money and status.
As you go through life you realize that the love that you have for the people in your life and their love for you is all that matters. It’s really about how you regard them and how they regard you.
I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don’t talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.
I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was seen as the California person for a while. I didn’t feel like I was popular, but I did feel confident.
I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It’s one or two or three things I’m most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark.
I personally believe in some sort of divine order – or energy. I do believe that everything happens for a reason. I do think that when something bad happens to someone it’s with the purpose of awakening them. I do think there is some force behind that. I don’t think there are accidents.
I’m sort of getting into the idea of nourishing your inner aspect and doing that by investing in your family and making a meal and creating time together.
If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.
I’m a lot more selective with work these days. My perfect plan is to do one movie every nine months. It would have to be a project that I found inspiring. It would also have to include other actors and a director I am inspired to work with.