There is something in these moments of crisis that is really extraordinary about humanity and human beings' resilience and the way in which everyone naturally comes together. I think you see the best in people in those moments for better or for worse and you find your best self.

The interesting thing with acting, actually, is that you get to be so many different people that you get to do so much research on so many different things that I've learned so much about brain surgery and about astrophysicist-type of things and traveling to amazing parts of the world.

It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.

You know, I used to be made fun of as a kid for being really articulate; it was sort of like a strange thing.

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both.

It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.

When a sports movie really works, it gets you on all levels, because the stakes are high. It's black and white. It's win or lose.