In cinema people are always walking into something and saying this is who I am, what I want, and how I'm going to get it and we don't in life - particularly not in public situations. People might know your first name, not your last name, they don't know what you do, and you're not going to offer it up. So if you start there and you realize this is a much more normal presentation in a film then you would ordinarily have; you know that there is a big life behind what everyone presents and that I think is super interesting.

When you become a parent, you finally appreciate and understand what your mother did.

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy.

I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.

Older, you know, is obviously relative. You're older if there's somebody younger than you in the room, and you're younger if there's someone older in the room.

For me, the most important thing is that I feel comfortable with the actor that I'm working with and I'm able to talk to them.