Our society doesn't want to help girls like that [in Black Snake Moan]. They just want to use them.

I would love to fly privately, but unfortunately, I don't. I don't summer anywhere either.

A director should cast a person who fits into their script.

I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.

Any obsession is dangerous.

It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. It's a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.

I'm really open to everything.