If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.
You know you've made it when you've been moulded in miniature plastic. But you know what children do with Barbie dolls - it's a bit scary, actually.
I tend to have this perverse reaction to authority and stress: I become more confident and clear when a challenge is enormous.
There are very few issues that lie specifically in one region now. Polio in Syria doesn't affect Syria alone. I don't think any issue can ever be isolated into local politics these days, because we all know too much.
Every time I create a character, I don't assume they speak like I do, even if they're Australian.
There is not a lot of separation between work and home life.
I've known the panic of financial struggle. I didn't grow up with money at all, and my family has certainly known the panic of, 'Oh, gosh, where's the next bit of money coming from?'
I don't have a sense of entitlement or that I deserve this. You'd be surprised at the lack of competition between nominees - I think a lot of it's imposed from the outside. Can I have my champagne now?
People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.'
I'm so misunderstood!
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind eye to them.
I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.
We keep making the same mistakes as a species, and you can usually draw it back to the fact that we are all terrified of dying. We also all think that we are going to escape it until we get to 65!
I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.
I'm from Australia, where the film industry is potent but small.
Obviously, if Woody Allen calls and says he wants you to read a script, of course you read it.
A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.
I'm one of those strange beasts who really likes a corset.
Being in Australia, I was really sun conscious. For a couple of summers there, I did the baby oil thing, and my my mom said, 'Just don't. You'll regret it.'
I'm either sitting very still or running very fast.
I suppose the more established one gets, you have what's called a reputation, and so you want to protect that and preserve that. And I think the bravery really comes in one's mid career where you then are constantly trying to move beyond that and move past that, because those so-called successors can become shackles.
I just don't see myself as the heroine in my own narrative.
I think about my father and how sad it was that he never had grandchildren.
I think it's so easy to be judgmental of other people's decisions.
I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people talk about celebrity and fame. I don't understand the attraction.
In every war, there's looting.
I've an enormous respect for my mother who at the age of 39 raised three children, and I grew up with my grandmother in the household. And so it was a really strong household of women - my poor brother! It was great growing up with so many generations of women.
Who would want a face that hasn't seen or lived properly, hasn't got any wrinkles that come with age, experience and laughter? Not me, anyway.
Playing the lead in a film where you shoot for three months away from home is not an easy thing for me when my children are in school and my husband is running a theatre company.
I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes in my skin, which can make you panic a bit. I had a bit of melasma.
I'm incredibly fortunate to have met the intelligent, generous, risk-taking, stimulating man to whom I am married. He's really amazing.
People love events - they love performances, they love music - and I think Australians are great entertainers.
Suddenly, my friend's daughters are becoming my best friends. I have so many 12-year-old girlfriends.
You don't ever really get to know Woody Allen.
In my career, I thought I've never wanted to get anywhere in particular. I just wanted to work with interesting people on interesting projects.
I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'