As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.

I like to be in a different place when I make a movie so that I can't really focus on anything else, and that is your world.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

When I went home, my family became a little lonely family because it was just me and my mom. Part of my longing to go back to work was wanting to be surrounded by these people who were teaching me things and drinking bad coffee at three in the morning while we were lying around in a bikini in the winter. Somehow it just felt like real life. It felt more like real life than my life.

In the end, winning is sleeping better.