I'm a believer in paying your dues.

I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really hard to do, but I feel like I want to have a chance to try and translate something I've written and try and get a tone across.

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.

It's harder and harder to make a well-done romantic comedy these days because the conventions have been so played out.

I'm a believer in paying your dues.

My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.

I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?