Diva has a negative connotation.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.

The word diva has a negative connotation.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

A huge part of real love is constant forgiveness.

I never wanted to be a man. I feel sorry for them.

I don't think the tabloids find me very interesting.

I don't like public venues. I never know what to wear.

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

I've distilled everything to one simple principle: win or die!

I think having pets helps sensitize people to the natural world.

Bunny boiler is now part of our language, and I'm proud of that.

I get bored talking about myself, but I can talk about the work.

I never got into this business thinking I'd be like a movie star.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

As an actor, I go where the good writing is. That's the bottom line.

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

Taking power away from a man is a dangerous thing. Someone always pays.

I've often been mistaken for Meryl Streep, although never on Oscar night.

I've always felt that an independent film is a film that almost doesn't get made.

When I hear that somebody's difficult, I think, Oh, I can't wait to work with them.

Celebrity is death - celebrity - that's the worst thing that can happen to an actor.

What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, more unashamed conversation.

It is very difficult for girls. They're told to look one way, but to act another way.

I think our family is like a lot of families. We had no vocabulary for mental illness

I really think that effective acting has to do literally with the movement of molecules.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

Ismail Merchant was just the most seductive, passionate, outrageous, driven, genius of a man.

Love makes no sense at all. But it's the most powerful and amazing force in the entire universe.

It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.

There are a lot of big spec houses now all across Connecticut, a lot of ostentatious showing of wealth.

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement.

I think there are certain actors that have that kind of energy about them, that taking over a room energy.

I've found myself getting more and more cynical about what's happening to the planet - it makes me furious.

It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.

I'm not a natural ocean person. I married into a family of swimmers, and I've slowly been drawn into the sea.

When they tested Fatal Attraction, the audiences were so upset by her behavior, they literally demanded her blood.

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much.

When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore.

The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It's my way of saying, Don't mess with me.

Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite.

I think every pet lover has an appreciation for nature - I've never met an animal lover who didn't have some kind of connection to the natural world.

I grew up with a house full of dogs. My mother was a great nature lover and taught us to have almost a religious sense of respect for the natural world.

It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.

I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out.

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

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