There's nothing I despise more than people trying to be something that they're not.

We just need to put our foot down. This is a good time for us to bring this to a place of fairness, and girls need to know that being a feminist is a good thing. It doesn't mean that you hate men. It means equal rights. If you're doing the same job, you should be compensated and treated in the same way.

I do this because I'm an observer of people. That's why I want to be an actor. I'm fascinated by human beings and the circumstances they find themselves in.

I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I don't want to be anything other than what we are. I want to just be a woman.

Fran McDormand was great because she said, 'What I used to do when I worked with him was I would just walk on the set and I would give him a big hug. Somehow his guard would just drop.' So I took that advice.

I always knew I would adopt. Always.

Pride comes from a place of real acknowledgment that somebody's actually living their life for themselves, and I want to be that example for my son.