I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.

My earliest memories are doing commercials and TV.

I've worked with Neil Jordan, who I really adore. We did The Brave One [2007] together.

I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.

There are lots of futurists that spend their whole life trying to figure out who we're going to be in 40, 50, 60, 100 years. That's the great thing about science fiction.

You guys might be surprised, but I am not Honey Boo Boo Child.