Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos they're rebellious.

Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.

When you try to avoid the pain, it creates greater pain.

I'm enjoying simplifying things.

You hit the wall almost right when you get up to the top. If there's a female writer being suggested to do a rewrite on a script, it's always the big boys going, "Mm, let's go with [a man]..."

I've been lucky to have things come to me that creatively fulfill me, and those are usually the independent films just because you have a little bit more freedom.

Being "America's Sweetheart", that label gets put on a lot of people. I don't pay that much attention. And I'm not trying to shake anything. I'm just following my instincts and doing work that is coming to me and I'm just grateful for it.