You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.

Children have an easier ability to tap into the surreal than adults do, in a funny kind of way.

We have often been attracted to the story of the other, the outcast. And he and I just loved working together, so it just kept happening, and our relationship is completely bound up with our work. We enjoy each other's art.

You don't have to patronize your audience, and you can mix art and commerce in a profound way. You can simultaneously play to the sophisticated, 60-year-old theatergoers and to 4-year-olds.

I've had male executives say that my lead character was unlikable because she slept with a lot of guys.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

What I don't know for sure is what's next for me - and I don't mind that. I know for sure that whatever happens will be interesting and will challenge and excite me.