I think there is a part of me that's always a little bit like, "Why would I torture myself? Just in case you forgot how big the shoes are you're walking in, take a look again"

I don't really talk about my personal life and I don't really talk about my relationships. I'm not a big partier. I like the simplicity of my life, and I've chosen the kind of life I really want to live. I don't think my life is boring at all.

You are only as great as the opportunities that are given to you.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

Modeling was never a passion of mine.

It took a while for me to be able to sit in a room of studios and financiers and say, "I'm not some hoity-toity actress looking for a vanity deal - I really know how to make a film!" In order to do that, you've got to break your f-cking back.

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.