I want to be defined by my own essence.

 My 14-year-old grandniece is not allowed to watch 'American Horror Story' yet.

I'm a horror movie fan to begin with, so to come back to the genre, I feel like horror has been very good to me.

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy.

And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.

The problem I have these days is that women are often cast in a role - as a police officer, for example - and then are invariably perceived by the other characters as succeeding in a man's job, as if they're doing it in spite of being women.

I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of crazy characters and dress up.