We lack rituals in this modern world.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

My family were all into classical music, and I found that very intimidating.

I wasn't ecstatic about being pregnant - I wasn't somebody who actively wanted kids. Certainly there were no fantasies about nappy-changing.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

There is nothing in my life where I view myself as a 1920s person.

North Hollywood isn't actually Hollywood, it's in the San Fernando Valley... it's not the most glamorous part of L.A.