My mom brought me up to be a feminist. She would always point out to my brother and me that our culture does often portray women like objects...

The term 'popular culture' always used to mean what the people do - pop songs, folk songs, music in general used to live because people would sing these songs and tell these stories together. Then all of these new technologies came out and it became the work of professionals.

While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness

Everyone has the attitude that movies aren't just disposable entertainment - they can really mean something. I love that, because that's the way I feel about films.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.