Judy Davis

Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.

Lorna was quite young when her mother died, and I think she's blocked out some of the memories. I talked to her a little bit about that, but I wasn't prepared to go around and poke and hurt her.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

I would never create an image for myself; I'm not that clever.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.