All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a project.

I don't think there is anything good about fame. 'Tables in restaurants.' People say that but, then again, why don't you just call the day before? Or go eat somewhere else?

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see kids everywhere who are totally bored. I've never been bored a day in my life.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

I was raised with a single mom and we had a very specific, very particular relationship. She worked with me and my job. I was almost three and we traveled everywhere together and she was really in my life in a really profound way. The most significant relationship of my life. It was beautiful and also an incredible, difficult struggle. I know how creative that life is, and how difficult it is to figure it out.