I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard. I've gone through things in my life. People say it must be so hard to do it in the public eye, but the truth is, when you go through hard things, it's just hard.

You have five seconds to enjoy it and then you remember who you didn’t thank.

I think I have more of a director’s brain than an actor’s brain, in a way.

I actually have a life I said I wanted to have. I wanted to tell stories I want and be with my family. I’m whispering it, because I’m a quarter Jewish and afraid it’s all going to be taken away.

I usually don’t read things written about me and I certainly don’t read things if they are inappropriate.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don’t want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard.

I haven’t watched anything I’ve been in since I’ve done it. I have never put in a movie at home that I’ve been in. Why? I don’t know. I would feel like Norma Desmond. And I have a kid, so time is at a premium.

But the truth is I wanted to have my daughter for so long. It’s not the kind of thing you can visit, motherhood. Especially in the early years. Now she’s eight, and I’m still not going to go anywhere.

We all feel disabled in some way. We all feel imperfect. It’s hard to be looked at for various reasons.

I’ve always had to force myself to make friends and speak to people. My parents were quiet, and it took me a while to get used to the fact that people talk about their feelings, their problems.