One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.

The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.

There's a little good and bad in everyone. Everybody I've ever loved is very complicated.

I grew up kind of a tomboy and I used to fight with all the neighborhood boys.

One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.