I've got that Irish thing going on. Lots of Irish in my background.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

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.

a woman who struggles to recover from a brutal attack and sets out on a dark, psychological and physical journey for revenge and justice.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

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

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.