I got to act with my childhood film idol, Robert Redford, and that's a gift in itself.

Roland Emmerich is a very interesting individual. He is more erudite and well-read than most of the people I know.

because she's one of the few female figures in contemporary film to not only have successfully navigated a childhood performing in the movie business, but has consistently selected progressive roles for women in film.

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.

I did that film just so I could kiss Robert Redford.

In an action film you act in the action. If it's a dramatic film you act in the drama.