I'm very much a hippie from Northern California.

I've never been in New York for the whole time of Fashion Week.

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.

Before, it was just about making the films - and now it's releasing them. Which is a steep learning curve.

I feel very inspired right now because I know there are a lot of people out there who are really scared but I feel this great sense of togetherness and people coming together and saying, "I got your back."

One comment by a female lobbyist really shocked me. She said, "Washington is a contact sport." I asked, "What do you mean by that?" And she just said, "Well, it's all men - and they're very contact-y. They touch a lot." Women say that's just part of the game.

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.