I know I've made the right decision when I've followed my heart.

I feel like I'm the most forgiven actress I can think of, probably because of this short memory people have!

Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. I think a lot of women are contained within the parentheses of shoulds and role-play. It's all about entitlement and history. It's all about upper-body strength - and exacting your will.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen.

That's why they call it work, because it's not what you'd prefer to do with your free time.

There is something wonderful about coming to terms with time - that it is finite. You want to have as much joy in your life as possible, and you take responsibility for your own joy.