My idols are all older..

My whole career is based on taking a left turn after each film and doing the opposite of what I've just done..

That's where I got my start and where I'll continue to work, but I can't tell you the number of films between Drugstore Cowboy and Curly Sue that I a….

It's important for me to see as many colors in the character as possible..

It's part of the fun of it to work with strong personalities..

You look at Gone With the Wind, how right Vivian Leigh was for that. Don't know if that would happen today..

I think right now in the world we're feeling like there's no solid ground beneath our feet, you know?.

In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers..

Well, I'm a consumer as well. I go to the movies with my popcorn and believe everything I see..

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Um….

In a collaborative environment directors hire actors because they want their input, not just their bodies..

Cause I won't repeat myself, the way I dress and look..

Most movie stars don't change their look at all..

I don't care what people's myths are about me..

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste..

I mean, I always feel incredibly lucky to get a job..

All I really want to do is entertain people out there sitting in the dark and for them to believe it..

I've been overwhelmed; I was a single mother for a time..

I just think we're living in a time of massive, amazing change, like the Industrial Revolution on acid..

The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke..

And sometimes I do films so my daughter can see me work..