I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.
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've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
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.
Your dressing area should be your private space.
I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.
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.
Being a gossip reporter just isn't a respectable job. It'll chew you up and spit you out.
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 like movies I can relate to.
Vulcans are so smart. There's no excess; it's just enough. I learned coming away from the film that less really is much more. Sometimes, as a human, you get so discombobulated with emotions, but this was easier, because it was s o clean to play.
You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career?
In film, the possibilities are greater. You can go beyond the fourth wall. You can go to these incredible locations and you're put into circumstances that are physically sensuous. It sometimes requires much more of a physical talent.
