He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.
I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.
Compassion is very important, especially right now in America. We all need to strive as human beings to understand each other and ourselves better.
I think that certainly my choices empower me.
I think that women as a group are so powerful. I still don't think we are able to embrace our power well enough yet. We think we live in a man's world and we have to follow their rules, and yet, we're so different, and our rules are so different. I wish that we could come together more as a political force. If women ran the world, I don't believe that there would be war. I really don't.... We understand the bigger picture. We understand our impact on the environment, on the world. We understand the generations that will go after us because we gave birth to them.
All humans need love, attention, and appreciation, and those can be very female traits. I feel like they should be male and female traits, but I think that they are more easily attributed to women.
I don't know if you're married, but sometimes there are times where one is really together with their partner. And then there are times when you're both just in your own thing, but you're there together.
I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.
I was always fraught with guilt, and it's such a waste of an emotion. It keeps you out of the moment of being where you are.
I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly.
I'm not going to be remotely funny.
I think it's important to do great work.
Ever since I had my first child I have been passionate in my commitment to preserve our precious resources for my children and their children's children. This is the obligation of all of us visiting this planet for a limited time.
One of the things that's hardest as an actor is you are being critiqued constantly, and having your mother critiquing you can be challenging.
I was very young when we got married and I don't know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow I got lucky.
Global climate change is real. The legislative branch of our government is our last line of defense against pollution which is why I am so grateful to have the NRDC making our voice heard.
Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.
Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever.
I'm going to embarrass my kids - sex is important. Sex is really important.
After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky.
But when you're in something together, it's very hard to be objective and you're very subjective.
I think it's important to do smaller films because I think that's where a lot of new things are happening.
Global climate change is real and we have a limited time to change our behavior or live with the consequences. We can all help by making small changes in our lives to letting our voice be heard by our governing bodies. As has always been the case in this country, if the people demand change, it will come.
Hollywood movies are run on fear and they don't want to make bold choices. They, generally, speaking want to keep things status quo. That's not really interesting for me.
It's not that I don't see myself as hot and sexy. Don't get me wrong. No, it's not that.
