I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I’ve been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.

I don’t see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don’t think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination.

I’ve never had a manager, and I’ve had various agents, and, fortunately or unfortunately, I’ve been blessed.

It’s a very difficult thing for people to accept, seeing women act out anger on the screen. We’re more accustomed to seeing men expressing rage and women crying.

I think there’s a knowingness in my face.

I just think that I’ll never have plastic surgery if I’m not in front of the camera. If you make your living selling this thing, which is the way you look, then maybe you do it. But trust me, the minute I’m directing or producing and not starring, I would never even think of it.

I’ve never committed to a role without a script.

I was so amazingly witty when I had the No. 1 movie, you have no idea. People laughed at every single one of my jokes. Then when I hadn’t had a hit for three or four years, some of these same people pretended they didn’t see me when I walked in the room.

I’m voraciously looking to express myself in my work. I love my work.

I’ve made some great movies. ‘Risky Business’ still stands up. It’s timeless. They study that film in film school.