The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowlands in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be messy and imperfect. It's that kind of woman that has always inspired me to seek roles that are a little out of the box. I just haven't always had the opportunity to do them.

I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.

When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.

My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress.

I'm not someone who feels like I have to do it the same way. I never feel restricted. It all should grow out of different moments and if it goes completely different that's how it should go.

I liked the girly cartoons. I was very much a girly-girl.

To be in someone's favorite film is just - that's what you want. You want to be in great films that are memorable.