I'm always looking for that movie that feels like it's hitting me where I need it.

After “Melancholia” and “On the Road,” I wanted to do a comedy. And I did so many comedies when I was younger, but if you’re not consistently in those movies, people don’t always think of you for them.

When I'm working, I always listen to music to zone everyone else out.

When you spend your entire life as a child actress, being told where to go and where to stand, you're performing constantly for people. It definitely breeds the kind of person who's dependent on other people's approval.

It's nice when the movie is not on your shoulders, too. It's fun to do a smaller part sometimes.

I think everyone wants for their kids the good things that they had.

Like, a lot of people I know are wanting to get back to the Earth in some way and not raise their kids in this world of Apps and Internet all the time. I grew up on a river in New Jersey and I was in fantasy land. I could do anything.