Freddie [Highmore] is great in the movie [August Rush]. It comes out this Fall and I play a young cellist, a prodigy, who is touring and doing concerts. She's very young and has a one-night fling with an Irish rocker, played Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who is also a really talented musician.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

Adrienne [ Shelly] had 100 per cent control over this movie [ Waitress] as a director. She didn't just write it, direct it and act in it, she was the creative force behind everything, from the jokes down to the expressions.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

I can make cookies and do easy stuff. Pies are very specific and hard to do well though.

I think the first time I realized I was actually acting was during Felicity. Before that, I was just going along for the ride.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.