In Monster's Ball I went nude, which was scary, but I took the chance and that's how I like to approach my career.

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

I want to do roles that are fun and challenging and I want to try different things. I don't want to keep doing Monster's Ball over and over and over again. I want to keep doing my career the way that I was doing it before I won the Oscar.

I used to believe that if my career was going great, then I was not entitled to a great personal life. Well, I've stopped thinking that way. I believe I can have it all.