There is something about the sport that is so filmic … there is something about the availability and the purity of these two guys who are absolutely stripped down to a very, very primal contest,

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it’s just got a bad flue.

It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis’s relationship could not sustain.

I wouldn’t have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn’t want to happen has happened.

I’m a sucker for a funny script. And then, as soon as I don’t wanna be, one comes along and grabs me.

It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.

Oh, Im so inadequate and I love myself!

I’ve been in this business for years and I’m still befuddled by the ways of this town.

We wrapped a year and a half ago and [since then] … I’ve been to fights and watch fights. It’s nuts.

A l lot of films I’ve done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don’t know themselves well.

I’ve played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.

Fame is also a test of character at times… Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I’m a pain in the ass. Sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!’

Acting is what I do. It’s not what I solely define myself as.

The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.

Neither of us, me nor Dennis, is cavalier about a breakup. We both behaved very honorably.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won’t see it because it didn’t do well.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

He’s a very specific actor. You know, he’s so capable – just the way he deals with props is amazing.

And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn’t make? If it’s good, it stands up.

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I’m more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.

The ultimate date for me would be with someone fantastic, fun and great – and we’d go to the Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson fight.

I don’t feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether they’re seen or not is another issue.

Motherhood change me because it is so fundamental what you’re doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.

The creativity? Oh, yes. OH, YES!

I don’t think I’ll ever be a producer who’s into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don’t like that part. I’m much more interested in the material.

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.

The e-mail relationships that I have are kind of fantastic, because I think you get to fill in your relationships a little bit if you actually get the time to sit down and compose a...

I don’t think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.