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

I'm a painter, that's where I started out, at four years old, that was my first love as far as expression. So, I'm not a painter in the sense of, "Please come see my paintings" but, I do understand the value of not looking over the artist's shoulder while the work is in progress.

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?"

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

It's always refreshing to step into another 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.

If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.