It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters

I felt very comfortable on a set - incredibly comfortable on a set, which is a real gift because that can be hugely intimidating.

I struggle immensely with celebrities of all kinds. I get clammy hands and turn a little purple.

Sometimes I think to myself, "I wonder if Meryl Streep is ever like, 'Oh gosh, everyone thinks I'm so perfect! I wish that someone would give me a note.'"

You need to not be able to do anything else, to be in this business. If you have other options, in those unemployed moments, those other options will take precedent. From a directorial standpoint, I think it's really Freudian, the amount of trust I have in filmmakers because I have such a trusting relationship with my dad.

I have nothing nice to say about Chris Pratt, of course. He's probably the greatest hero of our time in real life, honestly.

When people just become numbers, and we stop relating to each other as human beings. And we don't have the agency to make choices that can positively affect another human being. I was watching something yesterday where Justin Timberlake took a picture of himself voting, and he might get thirty days in jail because it's a new law or something.