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I'm too disorganized.
I love to take baths.
L.A. makes you feel ugly.
I am definitely a worrier.
I find Hollywood really toxic.
I go and see music all the time.
I want to play interesting women.
You have to be quite stupid to act.
I don't know anything about science.
Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.
Eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
I always do my interviews face to face.
I am proud of what I am. I am a librarian.
I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.
I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.
In therapy you sit down; in analysis you lie down.
When I play a part, I never think about likability.
You have your real life and then you have your work.
I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.
I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.
I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.
I think if you ask the audience to like you, it's all over.
I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.
The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.
For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.
I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.
Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.
I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.
I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.
I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.
I wasn't a person who was longing forever to have a baby; the desire came up suddenly.
It's hard to remember that life is a miracle. We're just living it and we forget that.
To come to the Oscars for the first time and be seven months pregnant is quite a thing!
Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.
I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.
I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.
There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.
People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.
I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.
In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.
Working with a green screen is easy. It's just like being a kid. But it's not nearly as satisfying.
I could never write. I would just be too lonely. What's great about acting is, it's so collaborative.
In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.