I was the first one in my family to go to college.
Some people think I've had a nose job. I've never had anything like that done, but I have no judgement of anyone that does.
Everyone has to learn how to live in an environment that has not made it easy for women to claim their place, so I think it's all women's responsibility to step forward.
Green tea throughout the day is the healthiest thing I've discovered for me.
I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.
If you're one of the only women on a set - if it's you and a bunch of men - you feel like your value doesn't come from your thoughts and your talent and what you say: your value comes from how you look and how you're perceived by the men around you.
Only a woman can tell you what it's like to be a woman in a society where men are in charge. When you have one demographic that controls the livelihood of minorities, then you're always going to have abuses of power. So this goes way beyond Hollywood.
I've actually been given a great gift. When I walk into an audition with a director, I'm carrying no baggage. They haven't seen me in anything, even though I've done nine films.
I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.
Broadway has always been a dream of mine.
We need to understand that femininity is not weakness. And our society, for some reason, equates the two.
I was excited that my films would finally see the light of day and people would see them. But I never imagined that such nice things would be said about a lot of my films.
Being a woman has always been a powerful thing, where history has sometimes dictated otherwise, but I believe that a woman can be compassionate, sensitive, soft, kind.
I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.
I just want to see more women in film and behind the camera. I'm tired of seeing movies from one perspective.
I have problems because I'm very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face.
I think, in the past, being brave - being powerful, being strong - were qualities that people associated with being masculine. And I think... no, I don't think - I know that now we're realizing they can be feminine, too.
If I get a role, it's because I fought for it.
We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.
I grew up poor.
I don't want people to look at me.