But, working with directors whose history is in performance, I feel like there's a different kind of focus, as opposed to directors who are more prone to being really technically proficient or visual. I feel like there are two schools of both, and a director needs to have both.

Girls can do anything, for sure. Even running in the mud in heels.

I have an association that director means total authority. Director means they will never let you down. Director means just trust them and fulfill their vision, and know that the story will be told in its best incarnation.

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

The ability to play pretend is something that everyone has access to; you see little kids doing it.

Joe Wright is incredible and I'm a huge admirer of his work in general, but specifically his aesthetics and poeticism.