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.

When I do an accent I commit fully and take it very seriously.

I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So three times a week I would have long, two-hour sessions with her just working on the nuance of the accent, which I had had a huge background in because I went to drama school in England for four years.

I understand and respect deeply that each project brings its own secret and wonderful gifts and happy accidents.

A woman needs her privacy while drinking a dirty Belvedere martini on the rocks with a splash of Tabasco.

You have to keep hobbies in L.A. Otherwise, it's sad.

I get really restless if I'm not working. I generate or try to generate my own stuff. I'm constantly on the prowl for working with the people I love and respect.