Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

There is this immediate connection, this intimacy when you're acting because there's no room to be polite or shy. Also, as an actor I get to connect with women I've never met before.

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

I have a feeling that very soon I'm going to fail very, very big. I'm going to try something and everybody's going to be like, 'What was she thinking?

I'm very much a hippie from Northern California.

We need more points of view from women and we need more support for female directors and writers in the industry.

I don't want to torture anything. It's about trying to live a life where I'm not contributing to the cruelty in the world... While I am on this planet, I want everyone I meet to know that I am grateful they are here.