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

I like analyzing human behavior. It's complex. That's what keeps me going.

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

I think that ultimately I just have to be myself. You know, I don't do anything that outlandish anyway.

Being an actor is looked at like a prolonged game of dress-up. America puts movie stars on pedestals. In college, it's the flip side. I sometimes have to justify my job to my professors because they're focused on intellect and ideas.

It's fun to stay at the Y! M! C! A!

I do think that the more takes you have the more opportunity to experiment [but] at a certain point, there are diminishing returns. There's only so much variety you offer.