Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

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.

Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.

I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.

It's very important to distinguish between chemical depression that requires medication and talk therapy.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.