I'm not trying to stump anybody. . . it's the beauty of the language that I'm interested in.
I take care of myself because I'm an actress and I have to take care of my body as it's my tool in order to give in films.
I was used to theatre classes. I studied with my mother; she was a theatre teacher and directed, too, so it was very family-like. Then I studied with a great teacher in Paris, and she was wonderful; she pushed me, but she was a warm soul.
I like being a mother, and I want to be involved in my work, so I have to make choices. If you're a film actress, your career is from 20 to 45, but you can still dream.
When I won the Oscar, there was something telling me 'this isn't the truth'. I had to get back to real work.
You have to put your ego aside as an actor. Or you're using your ego to tell the story. Your body is a part of a tool to tell the story. So if you feel something, it's wrong. It means you're not inside of the character.
I never felt being an actor or making a movie was an easy thing to do.
The most common of all follies is to believe in the palpably untrue.
It is always the minorities that hold the key of progress.
This is the problem with foreign policy - talking about foreign policy in a political context. Politics is binary. People win and lose elections. Legislation passes or doesn`t pass. And in foreign policy often what you`re doing is nuance and you`re trying to prevent something worse from happening. It doesn`t translate well into a political environment.
Pain is a more terrible lord of mankind than even death itself.