Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury.

I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience.

Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.