So much of the world is being brought up on these stories that Hollywood is coming up with and exporting all over. They have so much power and influence, so it's really important that they represent women properly.

If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.

Eventually, if you're the train that's leaving the station, people will race to catch up with you. I think that's one of the things I've figured out. You can't wait for permission to act, you just do; then people are like, "Oh, look at that person just doing over there. Maybe I'll come join them."

Life and death and birth is this fantastic mystery that we cannot fully grasp.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

I feel like, when the audience connects with something, they enjoy the experience so much that they want other people to go have it. They're like, "Don't talk about it. Don't tell. Just go!" It's a nice feeling to have people coming around it that way, protecting the ideas in it, so that everyone can see it for themselves.

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