So, what's it like dating the Sexiest Man Alive? 
I think Morgan Freeman is the Sexiest Man Alive--he's
handsome, cool and awesome and wins the contest hands
down. I can't understand why people go crazy when they
see Brad. Maybe I'm jaded. When I was a kid, I'd think,
Wow, that's Keanu Reeves! Now, I say, "Hi Keanu--what's
up?"

Will you and Brad do another film together? 
He's going to Argentina for his next movie (about the
early years of the Dalai Lama), and I'll go with him.
We're together more than we're not. We'd like to be in
the same city at the same time if the right thing came
up.

Your parents have been very successful in show business.
Did they teach you how to cope with all of this? 
I've never placed too much stock in Hollywood or in what
people think of me, because it's all so fleeting. You
never know when everyone's going to turn on you. If I
just stay the way I am, and the way they raised me to
be, then I'll be able to sail through without any kind
of real heartbreak. I guess they just showed me by
example.

You've got two other movies in the can. Tell us about
Hard Eight, which opens later this year, and your part
in it as a bizarre cocktail waitress? It sounds like a
million miles from Emma. 
I'm extremely proud of Hard Eight. I did it before
Seven--I'm this strange woman, an emotionally retarded
cocktail waitress, Clementine, very vulnerable, with
skewered perceptions of what's right and wrong. It's
not the Lion King--it's a dark character piece. And
then there's Kilronan--they'll probably change that
title, as well. It's a psychological thriller I did
it with Jessica Lange, who plays the mother-in-law
from hell. Later this year I'm doing a contemporary
version of Great Expectations for Fox.

A final word on Emma--have you heard the Oscar buzz? 
Oh, boy, I don't think about those things. I have to
ignore the buzz. You can't take it all too seriously.
I just take everything as a learning experience.