Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

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

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 hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good.

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.