You can't predict what someone else is going to do and when someone else is going to leave.

I didn't expect to win the Oscar. You grow up watching the Oscars on TV and you think it happens to fancy people. It was really surreal.

You make mistakes as a parent. Then you wish you hadn't said that, or you wish you hadn't told them how to dress. You cringe..

It's so hard to keep perspective and keep things in context, and it's so easy to get distracted. This film [Shelter] reminded me how important it is ….

I try to stay focused on my life and do try not to be brought into the Hollywood fantasy..

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time..

People who are incapable of having any kind of intimate relationship have to turn to feeling this incredible hunger and void, have to turn to some qu….

It's funny looking at yourself. You know how it is when you look back at old pictures? It's just funny looking back at yourself walking and talking a….

Growing up, being watched from the outside... it's kind of very taxing and maybe I should just do some kind of manual labor-it might be more relaxing….

I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserves success. I have the drive to work. Maybe that's why I've stayed on the fringe..

I have a thing about honesty; I think it's crucial to a relationship. Otherwise, one person holds all the power. It's healthy to be straightforward, ….

You don't want to get rid of your experiences, because they're your experiences - good or bad - and you need them, but it would be great if they were….

It [motherhood] has changed absolutely everything. I mean, it's changed my life. I think I've changed as a human being more since I've had Kai than i….

I had enough time being single to know I have no regrets about being married!.

Neither my husband nor I am interested in mincing words. If I break something, for example, I have to announce it. I'm a compulsive confessor..

I had a good time working with Russell Crowe, Ron Howard and Ed Harris. It was a great cast and Russell worked really hard, doing tons of research an….

That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will become of that movie, but I really trust Ang Lee. And I re….

Everything changes as a mother. Yes, work has changed. The projects that I choose are even more important to me now. The world he's growing up in and….

I've chosen not to live in Hollywood, and instead I live in Brooklyn, New York. It's how I like to live. I'd rather hang out with my kids and family ….

I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about….

We're blessed to be worrying about the silly things that we worry about when people are worrying about where they are going to sleep, and what they a….