Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!
Seeing Pax get extra-nervous about which shirt he is going to wear when he meets Aung San Suu Kyi, I get very moved. He rightfully doesn't get nervous going to a movie premiere; he gets nervous going to meet her.
Every woman is different when they go through menopause, and... I didn't know emotionally how I would feel.
I am odd-looking. I sometimes think I look like a funny Muppet.
I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
My mother was an Earth Mother and the nicest person in the world.
The loss of a child is my greatest nightmare.
I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.
I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.
I went through a period when I felt my film characters were having more fun than I was. It might partly explain why I ended up tattooed or doing certain extreme things in my life.
If you're going to spend two years of your life on something, it has to matter to you; you have to be passionate about it.
In my father's generation, the product was 80 percent of what you were putting into the world, and your personal life was 20 percent. It now seems that 80 percent of the product I put out is silly, made-up stories and what I'm wearing.
I'd like to think that I'm a calm and sweet person. I tend to be very playful at home with my children, but in life... we have to fight our battles - our work battles, our political battles, our personal battles - and we're focused.
Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people's hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action.
I'm a very private person. I don't go out much. I'm home with kids. I go to work. I don't really like being the focus of attention, which is why I like being behind the camera more.
When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.
I've played real people before, but I never knew them.
I probably wouldn't have made it this far if I were a refugee.
I don't let a lot of reporters meet my children.
They are resilient children, but they are children, and as much as they need help to understand the hard truths in life, they also need what we all need - protection and love.
