I find that I'm fighting to keep my energy and my passion centered on the work and not on "Will this get me an Oscar?" - which is the way people are starting to talk to me. I'm not interested in the way people are starting to talk to me. I'm not interested in looking at a role that way. That's not what I ever did, and it's not how I can continue to do my work.

I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work.

I didn't go out on one date in high school. I played guitar and sang and wrote my own music and poetry and stuff when I was a teenager.

I ran into Stephen King once in New York a few years ago and outside the Carlyle and he said, "You're in the pink." Which sounded so Stephen King. He's doing well I think after his accident and all of that, years and years ago.

I went from years of honing my craft to sudden recognition. It was quite a life changer.

I can sit here on the couch and hear you say, "You're very feminine and very attractive," but I have always struggled with that.

I heard I'm going to have scenes with Lady Gaga so I'm hoping it's true. I know of one scene I have.