I want to raise my kids, I want to get them through their teenage years. ... I do love my work with the UN and with PSVI so if I can do more of that ….

I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive..

I learned a lot from Clint [Eastwood], who's an extremely economic director. I learned a lot from Michael Winterbottom, who really gave a lot of trus….

I think I connect to people who could be written off as wild or dark, or who are just full of fire and looking for a place to put that fire. It's an ….

Love should be that person that inspires you to be a better person..

Apart from my children, spending time with refugees was the greatest gift... the greatest life lesson I could ever receive..

It's hard no to work, so I find a way to put myself back to work. And I think it's important, in between projects, for me to sit down with who I've j….

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I'll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don't taste bad in case anyone wa….

It doesn't take courage to drink too much and be wild or jump around. That doesn't take any kind of boldness, just riding a motorcycle or whatever th….

I think doing anything having to do with war, you walk away so very grateful for everything you have and the safety that you have..

People always slow down for a train wreck. It's like junk food. If you don't feel good about yourself, you want to read crap about other people, like….

For any woman reading this, I hope it helps you to know you have options. I want to encourage every woman, especially if you have a family history of….

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire..

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 cert….

You'd think, 'What if I make a mistake today, I'll regret it'. I don’t believe in regret, I feel everything leads us to where we are and we have to j….

The older ones recently saw Mr and Mrs Smith and I think they thought that was the funniest thing they'd ever seen because, of course, watching your ….

Actors spend a great deal of their time making films. And that doesn't mean that they're not educated. But we haven't gone to law school and we're no….

War is so complex; human nature is so complex. There's no filmmaker who has ever figured it out perfectly..

If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is. You might never find out that you are usefu….

It's easier to be with somebody. But it's better to be single if you're with the wrong person..

If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do..