That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.

The thing that I love about acting is the fact that I can help people feel things, know themselves or feel less alone. It's my form of expression, in the same way that someone might paint a picture or sing a song in that you're hoping that it moves somebody outside of their own way of thinking.

I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.

There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.

If we could just trust the moment that we're in and live it in the way that you best can embrace it, it would be much better for all of us.

You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.

I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in.

Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left.

We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.

Nicole was always there with her door open, her arms open, her ears open - just what you need.

I'm not happy unless I've got a little bit of fear going.

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined to follow people like David Cronenberg.

Noah Baumbach writing is really wonderful. I think the way he plays out each character with a unique voice is really impressive, and rhythmically his dialogue works.

The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure.

I love the energy and the knowledge. I barely know how to use this thing [mobile phone]. I get by.

Hotels are temporary people storage, no matter how big the boxes are. Remember that.

Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.

When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.

Oh, I'm definitely a wild child.

I meditate. I do transcendental meditation and I have been doing that for a long time and that does just clear the mind. I am not religious at all.

We're all the same, we all think its better somewhere else; its better being older if you're younger - or its better being younger when we're older.

If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.