I like a director that encourages me to be playful. I don't really like being restricted or controlled by a director.

I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one.

I think women get caught up too much in having a plan - 'I'm going to get married at this age I'm going to have a kid at this age' - and then they just try to find a guy who will fit into that picture. I don't want my life to be based on that.

I’ve really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.

I did a run of a play over the summer in a really tiny theater in New York and that was rejuvenating for me. I directed a short series for Hulu called Paloma and being in an editing room, I learned a lot about acting.

With film, so much is in the director's hands. Once something is cut together - unless you're in the editing room - you don't really remember what the alternatives are.

I am forever a romantic. I try to bring that into my work. I try not to be fooled by romance. Or work.