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?"

My roles are in some way like children to me. You don't ever really want to scrape one off your shoe.

You can only be a virgin once. There can only be one first time.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You really can't take a cat and turn it into a dog, or try and get lemons off an apple tree, or what have you.

Well, I can fake my way around some things, but I don't think I would be good at betting.

Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done.