I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with.

I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with.

I love working and I feel satisfied when I know I have literally given all the energy that I have. That being said, work is not my No. 1 priority. I don't think it can come at the expense of your family, your friends and your 'significant other' if you have one.

I believe I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.

And I think that if something doesn't make sense, forcing yourself to understand it from [Chris Nolan's] perspective makes you better.

Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect.

Irony is the bringing together of two contradictory truths and to make out of the contradiction a new truth, with a laugh or a smile.