Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.

Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock; it is up to you to turn the knob.

It's tricky to say 'never,' but I will never have plastic surgery.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get a quality recharge is to connect with nature. To experience something that's bigger than me.

Your gift is not what you do but what you are

But, even when angry, she had a voice that would put finches in their place and lull them to silence.

One father is more than 100 schoolmasters.

Often writing is like a struggle to get back to a kind of belated, quite impure virginity.

Painting is marvelous; it makes you happier and more patient. Afterwards you do not have black fingers as with writing, but blue and red ones.

Part of the discipline of being an editor is that you have to be a good audience member; your work is to be a surrogate audience member on the films you are working on.

I believe myself capable of great things. Some days it feels as if I can't do it alone. It is nice to know I don't have to.

One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.

NEA includes most bizarre & extreme misuse of tax funds.

I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.