My boyfriend is Italian and from New Jersey, so naturally he was thrilled to meet Joe Pesci.

For me, stripping was an unusual kind of escape. I had nothing to escape but privilege, but I claimed asylum anyway. At twenty-four, it was my last chance to reject something and become nothing. I wanted to terrify myself. Mission accomplished.

I think I might be one of the only people in America, or at least the only person I know, who saw both 'The Dark Knight' and 'Mamma Mia!' on their shared opening weekend.

The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.

When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.

I had gone to the bookstore, and while I hadn't bought any books on how to write a screenplay, I'd bought a couple of scripts so I could see how the formatting works. I just needed to know how a Hollywood screenplay looked on the page, which was something I was totally unfamiliar with.

Los Angeles is often described as the nadir of vapidity, a smog-choked space cradle.