I Believe In Using Words,

I Feel I`ve Always Been On The Outside And Always On The Edge Of An Abyss. The Women I Portray, And The Woman I Am, Are Ordinary But Maybe Find Themselves In Extra-ordinary Circumstances, And What They Do Is At Great Cost.

I Remember Anthony Perkins Saying, "real Is Not Necessarily Interesting." So Real Is Not Enough. But What Happens As An Actor Is That You're Really Trained To Listen And To Be Open And Have Empathy. It's Such A Natural Consequence That You End Up Being More Political. You Can Empathize With The Mother Whose Kids Are Going To Be Sent To Iraq, Or You Can Emphasize With The Mother Who Is Losing Their Child To A Disease. How Could You Not Then Be Active? So You're Automatically Drawn To That Aspect In The Rest Of Your Life.

When I Got The Script For Thelma & Louise, When I Met With The Director, Ridley Scott, I Said, "i Don't Want To Do A Revenge Film. I'm Not Interested In Doing That Moment In The Script After They Shoot The Truck, Where It Says They Jump Up And Down And They're Real Happy About It".

Every Time You Enter Into A Job It's A Whole New Universe. There's A New Language With A New Power Structure. If You Are In An All Black Cast Its A Different Dynamic, The Same With An All Male Cast Or A Crew That Is Mainly Women.

I'm Kind Of A Nerd, So Whenever I Get A Chance To Talk To An Artist I Really Admire, I Tend To Gravitate To Process.