I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
On every film, the clothes are half the battle in creating the character. I have a great deal of opinion about how my people are presented. We show a great deal by what we put on our bodies.
Everyone is interesting. Everyone has something unexpected to offer and the job of acting is to pull it out of each other.
The work will stand, no matter what.
Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.
The best thing about acting is when you’re playing a scene and you actually become your character and lose yourself in that moment. That’s when you know you’ve been succeeded at what you’ve worked very hard to accomplish in your profession. Those are the truly thrilling moments.
My advice: Don’t waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world.
I love acting, of course, but being with my husband and my children always brought me the greatest joy and happiness in life.
Young people who learn the arts do better in every phase of their lives.
I have a theory that movies operate on the level of dreams, where you dream yourself.
It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.
Life is all about making choices and I’m very happy with mine. I have had a wonderful time raising four children and I’ve also been lucky to have the support of a wonderful husband.
For me, clothes are kind of character; I don’t follow fashion or understand trends.
I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.
All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.
A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the same opportunity and not have any stigma attached to them if they choose to pursue their careers.
I’m a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.
I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I’m honored to be that way for young actors.
I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.
Expensive clothes are a waste of money.