Psychologists say don't expect your life to be happy all the time. I go with the philosophy that every day can't be tops. Life is not like that - it's up and down.

A career is a career, but you're a mother until you die.

It seems unfair that anyone can set up on Twitter using my name, or the name of any famous person, without any checks at all.

The reason why people are huge stars is nothing to do with acting. It's the magic. Charisma is a word that's used too often; it's something special, and it's what makes stars. It's luck, and basically, it's genes.

You'd have to have one hell of an imagination to completely make up a story, but historians are very anal about what they think should be portrayed on screen. Thankfully they don't make movies; we do.

Art in the classroom not only spurs creativity, it also inspires learning.

Diversity and inclusion, which are the real grounds for creativity, must remain at the center of what we do.

The medium of film is really wonderful because it can behave in the same way as collage and painting; it can be layered and non-literal.