There Is A Need, Especially Right Now

You're Invited To Tons Of Parties, And You'll Wear These Shoes And That Dress, And It Can Be Enticing, But I Think It Also Sucks You Dry. If You Do It A Little, Sure, It's Fun, But Too Much And You Start To Lose Your Footing.

I Didn't Think At All About My Body Until After I Stopped Nursing. When I Was Nursing, My Body Was My Daughter's, I Didn't Even Think About It. Then I Finished Nursing, And I Was Kind Of Like "oh, Huh, Wow, My Body's So Different."

Now, There Are Roles Which Are Capturing A Vibrant Moment In An Older Woman's Life. There Was A Time When Those Interesting Roles Stopped At 28. A Few Years Ago We Would Have Been Finished By Our Age.

I Don't Feel That Way Now. I Don't Want To Make Movies For The 10 People Who Feel Exactly The Same Way About The World That I Do. I Want To Make Movies That Many, Many People See, And I Want To Say Something That I Believe Is Important In A Way That People Who Don't Agree With Me Can Hear. And That Involves Making Different Kinds Of Choices, But It's Not Like A Compromise That I'm Making. It's That Something Else Interests Me, Something Else Is Appealing To Me.

A Big Part Of Being An Actress Specifically Is Feeling Entitled To Your Artistic Opinion, Feeling That It Means Something, And Being Able To Stand By It.