You play the mother of an autistic child. What did you learn about parenting?
As a mother, you give yourself license to be impatient with your child because they should know better. But in that situation you can't afford to because you break the trust you desperately need.

Your kids are teens now. Have they started distancing themselves?
They're clearly their own people. They're so convicted in what they believe.

I can think of someone else in your house who's convicted: your husband Sean Penn.
That's an understatement.

Some people object to Dakota's playing a sexually abused girl in Hounddog.
It's uncomfortable watching it. But guess what? It happens every day. Be uncomfortable, but you're not gonna censor it.

You're in a motion-capture version of Beowulf. Any changes to your appearance?
I said, "Can you give me a full C cup?" That would be amazing.

Is it in Old English?
No, we tried to find an accent we could all do. We decided to imitate Anthony Hopkins.