When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

Because that's what intimacy is: It's a willingness to be vulnerable, a willingness to bite my tongue and a willingness to set an example of what I believe in.

It's nice to have a pause to parent and to be more present at home, teaching them how to drive cars and navigate boys and all this sort of thing.

I think fun is an important part of the entertainment industry, and it should be. Anybody who's not incorporating some of that into their work needs to take a break, go away, and have an attitude adjustment.

I have just enough attention to feel glamorous and important.

When I was about seven, I started touring the globe as part of New York's La MaMa theater company - without my parents!

I've always had this unresolved desire to prove that I could get a Ph.D., or contribute something else to the world.