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If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

I like things that I feel comfortable in.

I love the craft of acting, I love learning, I love everything that comes with the new project; the whole process is totally intoxicating to me.

Anyone who is drawn in broad strokes either negatively or positively is generally not very interesting to play.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them.

I think people have a right to their point of view.

My mother is not somebody who's troubled by aging.

In a film, if you can capture what's going on underneath, you can begin to make a connection between the character and the people watching it.

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control.

I act, but I am a mother first and wife second.

I've played parts that were just likable people, and there's a certain pleasure in that. And that's that.

When I started in the theater, I'd do plays by Shakespeare or Ibsen or Chekhov, and they all created great women's roles.

I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.

I think when you're at your best as an actor, it is cathartic.

To me, I didn't think of acting as being a young thing only.

I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were older than me.

I love being busy, and I love having a lot going on; it's exciting.

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

If you can open people's hearts first, then maybe people's minds get opened after that.

Every person's opinion, in a way, does matter.

My sister and I fought a lot when we were kids. I was the little bratty sister, and she would kind of walk away, not wanting to be associated with me.

I feel very lucky I don't have to be a critic.

Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.

I've made some movies that I really loved that nobody saw.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business, you need to have a certain internal stability.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

My dad was in the life insurance business, so I learned about selling when I was about 14 because I started working as a secretary.

What makes us love a character is a character that tries.

I love the luxury of the camera. The camera does so much for you. I like the secrets a camera can tell.

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing.

If anything, I want to please people too much.

I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I am an avid mother, let me put it that way.

Glamour is really fun.

My husband and I have very similar backgrounds even though we're years apart. So there are a lot of things that we basically share.

We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

It's always 'busy' with four children; it's chaos.

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

I'm lucky: almost all my family has lived to be very old. I have one grandfather who lived to be 100.

I've tried to take roles with great demands.

Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it.

I never thought my private life would be newsworthy.

I am in awe of Ruth Draper.

I feel that certain things are best kept inside a family and not discussed with anyone else.

I find the reality of our emotional lives interesting.

I never felt like I had made it.

I think for all of us, as we age, there are always a few moments when you are shocked.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

I'm interested in writing that explores all sides of human beings.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

I never speak for my husband, and I never speak for my children. It's a rule. Believe me, it is.

I don't see myself as having to compete with younger actresses; I don't feel that.

Critics have a responsibility to put things in a cultural and sociological or political context. That is important.

The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

Don't wait to have a baby! Do it now!

I'm still very critical of myself in film.

I just want to be educated.

I have huge chunks of time when I'm not working.