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You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

I'm foremost an actor. I feel embarrassed being compared to the guys who really work at it. I fake it, I make believe I know all about it, which is what you're supposed to do as an actor.

There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.

I think sometimes when you're working consistently in film, and maybe this is just me, but you do feel quite dislocated from your audience.

Acting, at least for me, is very unreal, and when I'm doing it, I actually feel embarrassed.

If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played.

For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation. People would be watching my every move.

Every little thing that people know about you as a person impedes your ability to achieve that kind of terrific suspension of disbelief that happens when an audience goes with an actor and character he's playing.

People become actors because they want to hide, and it's not easy to talk about myself. I accept that a certain responsibility goes with being an actor in the public eye, but I haven't found a comfortable way to deal with it.