If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.
I think each role takes a little from you and circles around you for the rest of your life. I don’t think you ever abandon any of them.
I love acting, but it’s much more fun taking the kids to the zoo.
To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised – they don’t see you behind closed doors.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
I wear sunscreen, and I don’t smoke. I take care of myself. And I’m very proud to say that.
I’ve always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.
Even from a very early age, I knew I didn’t want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.
It’s good to have a little distance. If you discuss your love too much, it just damages it.
I don’t like changing with the wind; I like sticking to my own self.
My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.
I think it’s important that we don’t all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything’s fine.
I’ll put it out there: I love getting hugs.
As much as I have films and all that sort of stuff, a lot of my memories are to do with relationships and love.
I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It’s almost as if you’re drawn to it.
I’m interested in going places that I haven’t been. And I’m interesting in working with people that I feel are dangerous and sort of push me in different places.
LIfe has got all those twists and turns. You’ve got to hold on tight and off you go.
I look for roles that show women as independent, informed, and free to make their own decisions.
Well, I can wear heels now.
You look at somebody’s work as an actor and you can see their emotional life being fed into it and you can kind of feel them through it.