The best movies have one sentence that they're exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward.

I think that all of us are 5-year-olds and we don't want to be embarrassed in the schoolyard. I've gone through things in my life. People say it must be so hard to do it in the public eye, but the truth is, when you go through hard things, it's just hard.

I think I'm a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working.

When you first entered the restaurant, I thought you were handsome... and then, of course, you spoke.

We all feel disabled in some way. We all feel imperfect. It's hard to be looked at for various reasons.

I haven't watched anything I've been in since I've done it. I have never put in a movie at home that I've been in. Why? I don't know. I would feel like Norma Desmond. And I have a kid, so time is at a premium.

As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.