“Training is fabulous because it gives you a basis, a strong structure, so that when you're unbelievably nervous and you think that you can't get a word out, you will get the word out.”
“I've played the wicked mothers; I've played the serial-killer-type mothers now. They have to have an edge on them. They can't just be everyday moms, because I never thought of myself as an everyday person in cinema - I'm an everyday person in real life, like anyone. But not in what I project out there. I want something more exciting.”
“Painting and photography keep the creative channel open, and for an actor, it's to keep alive, it's to keep awake, it's to keep watching, it's to keep feeling, it's to keep enjoying, to keep that sensuality of feeling alive.”
“For an actor, if you're not doing a job, you can't just practice acting. Your instrument is your whole person.”
“I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.”
“I don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.'”
“European films were what it was about for me - the sensations I needed, the depth, the storytelling, the characters, the directors, and the freedom that you can't really find in American films.”
“I'm not very good at talking and being with people and being gregarious and outgoing. I love people, but I have great difficulty doing it.”
“I'm very flattered to be called a style icon! But it's simple, my style; it's just men's suits and shoes. That's the basic premise.”
“If you want to paint the inner life, you paint it from the exterior. From the exterior, you breathe the inner life into your painting.”