I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.

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.

'Taxi Driver' was the best thing that ever happened to me, and I didn't become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken.

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age.

Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.

There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day.

What I didn't realize is how completely consumed I would be by my sons. I didn't know that the rest of my life would become so little a priority.