So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

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

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

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.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

As an actor, you hope to obtain this mind meld and sometimes I feel like I'm chasing a horse holding on to its tail and getting dragged, and other times I feel much more velcroed into the saddle. And I'm not the knower of which is better or best as a process, it's just as random as the weather in terms of what my subjective experience is.