I've learned from every director I've worked with. Everybody's style is very different, and I always say that being an actor is the best film school that I could ever go to.

I feel very fortunate to be currently in the position where I can choose to be an actor, writer, director, or all of them at the same time. With being a mom, I've recently had a priority shift that has sort of thrusted itself on my existence, but I tend to use all experiences as something to work with. Anything that is profoundly, energy shifting - like having a child - is fodder for creative thought.

The reason I got into this business was for the privilege to exist in different genres and different worlds and play out different realities.

You have to be steadfast, and right now I'm on a stream train forward to make.

I vowed to never use my American accent, and I didn't. Even going to get the paper in the morning to buying milk down at the shop, getting a cab, wherever.

A friend of mine told me, you know your obsession with girls who talk like sexy babies? You have to put that into your script.

It's like the most profound accomplishment that I've had in my career, that I can finally be that voice.