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" Most people look at ageing as a disease. They do. They have prescriptions and places where you go to eradicate it. "

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" I consider myself a feminist living in a post-feminist era. "

" I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there. "

" When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind. "

" Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move. "

" I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky. "

" Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed. "

" A successful television series can chain you to a schedule of long hours and can put your personal life on hold. But after it is all over, if you survive, then anything is possible. "

" If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that. "

" When you're filming, you work 19-hour days, and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. "

" I'm a good businessman. I pay my bills. Growing up in a situation where everything counted helps. "

" I feel I disappoint people when I am not 'Samantha.' They seem surprised when I don't have the same voice and the same mannerisms. They were booking 'Samantha,' and I would show up. "

" I found a lot of guys my age and older were absolutely terrified of me. Younger men weren't. "

" I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive. "

" Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm. "

" I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level. I like movies I can relate to. "

" I'm certainly not a prude. "

" I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s. "

" My film career was always to support my theater career. "

" I don't really watch television, and I don't watch these shows that promote shows. "

" At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction. "

" I have a big appetite, and staying on top of that is about knowing myself and saying, 'I can eat that today, but tomorrow I'm not going to.' "

" I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie. "

" Theatre is immediate, it's alive, you're there with the audience, it can't be done again and again and again and again, it's organic. "

" I'm not expecting much work in Hollywood, to be honest. People stick to film because they tend to get offered the same roles over and over again, and it's safe. But I'm not interested in doing that. "

" I got to L.A., and they said I had to lose weight, let my hair grow and buy some dresses. I was nailing auditions with my readings, but they wouldn't hire me because I wasn't putting on the glam. It just didn't occur to me. "

" I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible. "

" If I didn't work in television or film, if I didn't have the right look, I never took it personally. Because there was always the theatre. I'm not a nihilist, I'm an optimist. And that has served me well in this profession. "

" I don't express a lot of things that I feel; I kind of register things. "

" If I'm producing, I'm not acting, and it's such a long road to get anything off the ground. "

" I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you can't see beyond it. "