I'm manipulating the audience. I'm making sure people sympathize.

I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer.

Throw in the humor, throw in that personality, try things you wouldn't normally try.

We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute.

I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach

Sometimes... Sometimes our hearts...crack a little.

I remember working on movies like Gettysburg and feeling that Jeff Daniels was kind of a mentor.

The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character.

Everything that becomes true starts with a manifesto

I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme.

ritual lulls our fear of disorder with the certainty of order.

The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in the ring and from habitual interest afterward.

My dream was to be either a volleyball player or a veterinarian.

I think film is about images. Cinema needs good images. I think that if you don’t have good images, it’s not going to be a good film. I think all films should be really visual.