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

I wasn't actually very naturally good at economics. My brain doesn't work very well, in terms of mathematics.

What I like about acting is that you have to be super, super present in the moment. That's not something that comes to me naturally. But if you take the long view on anything, nothing can really affect you or knock you down. It's like, we're here for a blink, we're just the human experiment, one of many experiments going on in the universe, and it's interesting, it's beautiful by fits and starts, but I can't take it that personally. I'm just one of billions of people attempting.

I always feel like the editing room is like coming into the kitchen. What kind of a meal do you make from there? It can be anything.

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

So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.

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.