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

I want to see women onscreen the way I see them in society.

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

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been looking for it ever since.

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!

Alexander Payne's very specific. His scripts are always complete when you start working on them.

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.