Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
I do have to say my daughter, Sunday, said to me [I was being] overprotective, so you must have been a fly on the wall.
I like exploring life and its complexities.
I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'
People can tell you what to do, but ultimately, we're all going to die, so how do you want to live?
You start out with big dreams and I mean, big dreams artistically. You want to work with the greatest living directors, make a great movie. I wanted to make a great love story, I wanted to make a great epic and then you realize that the truth of it is that it's so hard to make a great film. It's hard to get a great role. Those big expectations change to realism pretty quickly. But what's never changed is my desire to work with great directors and to find projects that push me out of my comfort zone and keep me alive. I still don't think I've done my best work
Now my ability to notice things and respond to things and be here is far more profound. With that comes happiness, with it comes sadness, but it's a beautiful life.
I have a passion for my work, and that can seep into you. It's almost as if you're drawn to it.
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.
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 my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.
One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.
The accumulation of experience gives you a debt in terms of compassion. I am very fortunate, and I feel dedicated to giving back to other women. Wherever I am now, I make sure I visit a women's shelter. But I don't want to do it in a frivolous way.
Stay out of the sun, because it is the worst thing in terms of aging. I'm very medical. I come from a medical family.
People say that jealousy is the greatest enemy of love. They’re wrong. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.
Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you can have more happiness.
It was very natural for me to want to disappear into the theatre, I am really very shy.
Yippee! I can't believe I made it. It feels like a long haul to get here. I'm so fine with it. People want you to have some sort of breakdown, but I'm relieved to be 40 years old, and I've lived a life.
You're either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you're going to be a voyeur. And I'm not a voyeur.
Acting runs through my blood. There is some sort of creative desire to express myself and I would need that outlet. Otherwise I would be a nightmare to live with
I'm very much an admirer of people who are reaching for things and trying to survive.
I love acting but I don't like all of the other stuff associated with it. The interest in celebrities, the press, the Internet, when your identity becomes mixed up in the way people are perceiving you.
It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.
I just have a desire not to judge and view things compassionately.
