Those in the margins are always trying to get to the center, and those at the center, frequently in the name of tradition, are trying to keep the margins at a distance.

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it.

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.

I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.