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" We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more. "

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" I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore. "

" If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will. "

" The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up. "

" Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that. "

" Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go. "

" As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental. "

" As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy. "

" I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left. "

" You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person. "

" I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28. "

" Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to reflect that. People say, 'Oh, it's done by 40,' and now everyone knows it's not. I actually feel like the roles are a lot more interesting. "

" When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous. "

" There's so much focus on celebrity these days; we're in the Kardashian era, and it's slightly scary. "

" The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure. "

" On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength. "

" I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there. "

" There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.! "

" Of course, I want to look the best I can, but I am playing characters that should match my age, and the women and the material that I am interested in are usually going through something. I have to be able to live in my face and tell the story of the character I've taken on. "

" Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life. "

" There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work. "

" Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore. "

" It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'! "

" There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you. "

" I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine. "

" Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. "

" Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment. "

" I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more. "

" Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached. "

" I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia. "

" Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ageing and seem to acquire more charisma and beauty with time. Who wouldn't want to be like them? That's the trick - to embrace the natural progression of life and to be confident. "