Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.

For someone like me, who prefers to keep their life as private as possible, it was disconcerting to have to define so much about myself. I don't want to be labeled as one thing or another.

I had always been a reader and a skeptic, so when I was old enough to break away from organized religion, it just came naturally.

My dad used to take my younger sister Whitney and I to the firing range, and he'd stand behind us as we shot. We were tiny, tiny girls, only about ten years old at the time, so the recoil when we pulled the trigger would send us flying backwards. But he'd stand behind us and make sure we were safe.

I grew up just outside of Austin, and my upbringing was fairly rural.

I approach all of my movies with an open mind and a willingness to dive in and do what's asked of me.