Jessica Lange

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons.

In families there is always the mythology. My father died when my kids were quite young still, and yet they still tell his stories. That is how a person lives on.

The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.

White women love me 'cause of my edge. And I love white women.

What played to what had been a relative weakness for us-this was exploding overseas as well, and we had to scramble to mount some reach and get into places and be competitive on the ground.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.