It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough.
It begins and ends with money. It's absurd in this day and age when we need so much money for education, health, for people, that a $100 million dollars can be spent on a film. It's obscene.
I want people to like me. They don't have to always like my characters, you understand.
I'm very practical. What I'm reaching for is individualism for women.
I'm very old-fashioned in some ways because of my father, who thought that being a public servant was an honor. Everyone must find a capacity in which they can serve, because we all benefit from society.
I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.
I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones.
I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?
I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse.
If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything.
There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children.