Annette Bening

I think people have a right to their point of view. ”

Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You're fighting for what they want. You learn that in acting school - it's Acting 1A: 'What do you want? What's in the way?' ”

I think when you're at your best as an actor, it is cathartic. ”

To me, I didn't think of acting as being a young thing only. ”

I think what's interesting about the whole paparazzi thing is that unless you're Brad Pitt or Madonna, you can pretty much avoid it. You know when you're going to an opening that you will be photographed, so that's fine. And you know the restaurants that have paparazzi, so you don't go to them. ”

It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great actor is a thing of mystery. ”

I had never been attracted to younger guys. I had, from my late teens, always liked men who were older than me. ”

I like things that I feel comfortable in. ”

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control. ”

My parents were very supportive. They went to every show. And they never told me not to do what I was doing. ”