No matter what, I'm going to ask for more.

I am the first one in my family to go to college and I felt a great responsibility when I was at school, because my family was making so many sacrifices for me to be there. I was raised by a single mother, my grandmother got on the plane and helped me move to New York and moved me into the dorm. It was just a big moment, and, yes, it was my dream to be an actress, but also I didn't want to let them down.

No one ever recognizes me.

I spent a lot of the last five years on a set, and every once in a while you take stock of your life and look at what you're doing.

The most important thing in my life, and the thing I try to focus on, is to try not to live a life of cruelty. That means trying to make sure I look people in the eye when I meet them. Sometimes you jump in a taxi, or maybe you only have two minutes with someone, and you never see them again. I try to always look them in the eye and have a real experience of what it is to communicate with someone.

No matter what the characters you play, you have to find the differences in them, especially when you are doing a political movie.

I always say I am a realist, and my mom says, "No, you just have anxiety."