I like to play women who blaze trails.

Growing up in a lower-income family, you don't have the resources to make ends meet and you have to find creative ways to get by.

This is my one and only life and it's a great and terrible and short and endless thing and none of us come out of it alive.

I really chase the things that I want.

It's give-and-take and back-and-forth, that constantly allows you to grow as an artist and as a human being.

I feel like I've had a really great intense relationship with every single Director I've ever worked with. I can't say there's one that hasn't been deep and profound in its own way.

You're not always going to hit the bull's-eye. I'm going to make movies that work and I'm going to make movies that don't work, and that's just a part of being creative. Because really, I think if you're taking risks and you're pushing yourself and you're doing things that scare you, you are going to fall on your face, and it's not always going to work.