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I've distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.

I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.

I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

Diva has a negative connotation.

I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

I'm not a natural ocean person. I married into a family of swimmers, and I've slowly been drawn into the sea.

I think having pets helps sensitize people to the natural world.

When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.

People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

I think every pet lover has an appreciation for nature - I've never met an animal lover who didn't have some kind of connection to the natural world.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.