Ever since there's been a Hollywood, they remake a movie every 20 years.

For me, the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with the actor that I'm working with and I'm able to talk to them.

Sarah Palin's real quality is that she is her own best creation.

I love my kids with all my heart and the last thing I want to worry about is the air they breathe.

When the computer and tablets are all about playing games, thats not interesting to me.

Movie studios aren't making too many dramas anymore; they're in the superhero business. Material for television is much, much stronger for actors now.

George Clooney is great. He's incredibly prepared and he attracts a tremendously talented crew, which says a lot for him personally and professionally.

I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able to understand them.

I was lucky enough to come in at the beginning of the independent film movement, and it's really shaped my life and my career.

I hope this brings someone else the courage they need to face whatever challenge is before them.

If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy.

Older, you know, is obviously relative. You're older if there's somebody younger than you in the room, and you're younger if there's someone older in the room.

We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it.

Comedy is ridiculously hard. And if the rhythm is not right, if the music or the line is not right, it's not funny.

At one point, 'feminist' became a pejorative term. How did that happen? If you're a feminist, you're basically saying you're a humanist.

You have to remember that Hollywood is in the business of making movies that they can sell tickets to, they're not in the business of finding great roles for actors.

I was the kid who read a lot and who was academic, and who was more of an indoor person than an outdoor person. I would win the summer reading contest at the library.