I think a lot of the time, the studio system is so compelled to kowtow to its fear that women are not going to be found sympathetic. It just sort of euthanizes any hope of more diverse examples of the emotional realities of people. Representing my gender, I think, "Well, I have those emotions, why don't those ever get brought to the screen so I can feel recognized?"

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.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I think I'd be in an entirely different business if it were easy.

For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career.

Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.

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