I was allowed to have an imagination rather than a need to be entertained all the time by television or computers or anything like that. So, I think it's helpful to try and give your kids.

It'd be nice to feel that claustrophobic feeling or the anxiety that the film Melancholia produces, but for me I look at it and think about what I was doing that day, where we shot it... It's kind of like a weird memory. It's more a photo album of memories than being able to feel connected to myself. It's not easy to do.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

I think every woman goes through a relationship where she is with a guy that is really not right for her. You get lost in it.

I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.

I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker.

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