The only thing that gets me through any type of pain, emotional or physical, is to make it worthwhile by putting it into my work.

I pretty much grew up in public.

I really like Shakespeare a lot. The characters that he writes for females, I think, are really great and a lot more compelling than what modern writers write, which is weird because they didn't have actresses then.

I worked regularly from very early on, and some of it was probably a bit premature.

Even after such milestones as Kathryn Bigelow winning an Oscar, there still seem to be few women in leadership roles.

Fundamentally women and men are different.

I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is so naive, loving, and innocent.