I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense of bravado or composure.

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice.

I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit.

When I read a script, I'll have a very visceral gut reaction to what does this mean to me? How does she feel in my skin? Could I play this role?

With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor.

It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real.

I'm with someone who makes me incredibly happy. I'm not one of those people who subscribes to the idea that marriage takes the romance out of things. I think it gets better, it deepens. I love being a wife. We have a blast.