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.

As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to read out loud in school that I had to have my mother ask my reading teacher not to call on me in class.

There's a certain amount of empathy you need to have, and I've also never been one to call it in. I know some roles are easier for certain people, especially when there's the sequel and a third and a fourth one.

I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.

I just thank god that I didn't grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.

In American cinema, people will take a chance on you, though they'll often remind you that really, they always liked you.

There are so many things in this life that I want to do and I can't do them all.