I Have Had A Very Singular Kind

[winning An Oscar] Was A Beautiful Thing That Happened. It Is In My House, And Every Time I Look At, I See All The People Who Are A Part Of It, All The People Who Gave Me Opportunities To Work, Gave Me Opportunities To Make A Living At This Thing [acting] That Was A Dream For Me, Growing Up. And I Got To Do It, And Then Again And Again And Again, And Make A Living Out Of Being An Actress.

I Try To Look At The Whole Thing And Say 'yes' To The Projects That I Cannot Stop Thinking About. If I Read A Script And The Subject Stays With Me - Then That's When I Want To Go To Work.

I'm Strong And Opinionated. Those Qualities Brought Me A Lot Of Problems Since I Was A Little Girl In School, Saying 'i Don't Agree' And Fighting With The Children. It's Part Of My Curiosity For Life.

If I Read A Script And The Subject Stays With Me - Then That's When I Want To Go To Work. Before, I Was Very Addicted To Being On Set, And I Was Doing Three Or Four Movies A Year For Many Years. Now, Fortunately, I Can Go To Work Only When I Am Passionate About A Project, And The Rest Of The Time, I Can Live My Life. I'm Not Interested In Doing Movies Just As A Marathon. When I Go To Work Now, I Have Much More To Give. But The Other Way, You Get Empty.

As A Kid, I Had A Lot Of Energy; But The Ballet Lessons Made Me Calm - This Pleased My Mother.