We have it in our heads that women only need to take up a certain amount of space and then we've done right by them. It's the same in every profession. We get a handful of women professors, a few female board members - that looks normal.

When it came time for college, I told my parents I was going to major in acting. And they were so removed from anything to do with show business - my dad built our house and my mom grew our food.

Having a very complicated life, or a lot of problems, or a lot of flaws, is always great to play.

~There are moments when I feel like I have a looong road ahead of me, with college and dating and driving and all of that. But then I realize it just means that I have so much time left to enjoy my kids. And it really does go by so quickly.~

I love theater. Just, it never spoke to me.

The second I finish shooting something, I know I could have done it better if we started right then.

My thing in high school was being the tallest kid in class. Always. I was always the tallest kid in class.