I'm really interested in making movies that people see: I've made a lot of independent films and it's really depressing when no one sees them.

I don't think there's one right way to do anything. There's no one best way to be a woman. There's no best way to be a mentor. I'm just trying to be me and be authentic and live my truth and be as inclusive and interested in other human beings as possible. I'm an actor by training, which means that I study human beings and human behavior. That's what I try to do and what I love to do.

My number one advice to high school girls is birth control. You want to keep all your options open for as long as possible? Birth control.

You have got to have an agent. Its a business. But I think there is a way to be artful and commercial at the same time.

When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.

I imagine, in the future, life expectancy is long and they use crazy plastic surgery. Who the hell knows what's going on?

I met my husband in college, and we've been together for 21 years - it's the thing I'm most proud of in my life. We were trying to figure out how we could make our lives as flexible as possible and do something we both really enjoyed.