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.

We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those stories and secrets.

It was also wonderful to have the prospect of playing with Jack Nicholson. It was a terrific part, a terrific script, with Alexander Payne and Jack Nicholson. You can't get any better than that!

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage.

A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience.

I want to be defined by my own essence.

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented.