Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

Never in my life have I ever even thought about anything else [ being anything other than an actress].

all creative writers need a certain amount of time when they're creating something where nobody should criticize them at all - at all. Even if the criticism is valid or good, they should just shut up, and let that person create. Because at a certain point you have to make it your own - not the world's, but your own.

It was more freedom than I think most people get when they're starting out - or even when they're not starting out. He [John Cassavetes] did his thing and I did whatever I thought.

I think I have the only parents in the world who would not have said something against become an actress.

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.