He loved me. He loves me not.

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...

I knew that if I wanted to really maintain control, I would have to keep the budget down. And I did. And I feel very fortunate that - y'know, this movie [Don Jon] - frame for frame, line for line - is exactly what I wanted it to be. Nobody made me change anything.

So to compare your real life, or your partner or lover or whoever to a character in a movie, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. They don't map.

When I arrived at Columbia, I gave up acting and became interested in all things French. French poetry, French history, French literature.

My dad never blew anything up, but he probably had friends who did. He and my mom have always preached that the pen is mightier than a Molotov cocktail.

Success is not important to me, nor are power or money. If the script feels good, then I'm in. It's that simple.