It's funny: By putting up walls, you think you're protecting yourself, but you get to live less. You're depriving yourself of so much if you're trying to be too aware of what you're putting out there. If you feel someone breaking those walls down, let them. Those are the people that you need to find in life, rather than people that you're just comfortable with.

Why is everything so easy for me?

I stand by every mistake I've ever made, so judge away.

Women inevitably have to work a little bit harder to be heard. Hollywood is disgustingly sexist. It's crazy.

Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative and are very often not as precious about that stuff. They just can't be because they understand what makes for a better film, and that it's the job of the actor to work toward that, and then if you want you can go to acting class or workshops. But making movies is not workshops.

I'm not ready to get married, but I have a pretty great family and I'd like that too, someday.

I just want the fans of the book to be happy. I don't necessarily care about anyone else.