It's weird doing red carpets; it's uncomfortable. But you can have a sense of humor about it.

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.

As an actress, there's a lot of waiting. You wait for a script to come in that you want to do. You get to a point where you decide that if you want good things to be made, you're going to have to start making them yourself as an actress. You can't just wait around for it. But you can also just enjoy the breaks, and use them to kind of refuel. I've been working so long at this point that I don't mind the breaks. I think they make me better, actually.

I would love to play Marlene Dietrich in a movie. My dad's from Germany and so I feel like that would be a really interesting person to play.

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

The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.

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