I think sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical.

The problem is if you play enough of parts in films that are sort of more financial products than anything or films in which the girl is a thankless, thoughtless, underwritten character along the way, you're no longer the person who had something fresh or vital to offer. I think it really does start to diminish some part of you, to put yourself through things you don't really want to be doing.

I think the first thing I thought when I got out to L.A. was just: Oh, if I want to act, I have to find a different way to go about it because the parts for girls are as dispiriting as the banking jobs. You have to really be willing to invent, I guess, a different path for yourself.

I think we're scared of intimacy - all of us, a little bit.

The litmus test for whether I want to take on a role or not is usually fear. If Im afraid of it, then I want to do it.

One of my favorite stories growing up was 'A Wrinkle in Time'. I loved that book.

Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh and that hasn't been seen before.