My dad studied at the American Conservatory in Chicago, so he lived on all those streets. He said the war probably saved his life because he'd have ended up a dead musician, with all the crazy stuff they did on Rush Street back in the day.

My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I don't think he wanted me to be hurt as much as he was if it didn't work.

I don't have time to be classified as difficult, and I don't have time to care.

I think my mother had a lot of opportunity when she was a kid. She was a model, and she did a lot of things in her life, but she had no real ambition. I think my mother really did want a home and kids and all of that.

Some movies - even movies you've done way before - they're just clearer in nature.

I love to be nervous before a scene.

Once you become a mother, your heart is no longer yours...My daughter is the greatest thing I'll ever do in my life.