“Right now, I love the fact that I have so many opportunities, but I know this privileged position cannot last. That doesn't mean that I'll stop working. I picture myself as an old actress doing cameos in films with people saying: "Isn't that that Bening woman?”
“He finds me and wants to have a baby with me, and there are problems, ... It wouldn't be a movie if there weren't dramatic problems, as my daughter tells me, my 8-year-old.”
“It's wonderful, isn't it, that so many people on the movie are being recognized, ... We're this wonderful little family of people that did this kind of small picture. We just did it because we thought it might be a good movie and we loved the script.”
“It's a thrill because the movie was made for love. We did it because we thought it could be very special ... It's absolutely a thrill to be a part of something that has meant so much to so many people. We're all just thrilled that people like it.”
“He seemed to know so much more than it would be appropriate for a first-time (film) director to know. I still don't understand how he knows what he knows.”