I had a good understating about press: that it's the actor's responsibility to publicize his or her films, that the press can be fun, that it's not about hyping yourself into stardom or trying to sell yourself as a hot ticket. I think a lot of young actors now are getting caught up in that.

There is so much in the world to care about.

I'm lucky enough that directors sometimes seek me out for little projects that people don't even know about, that just surface later on.

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner.

I'm very connected to my own family, and maybe I like to explore the feelings that come up in families. I'm fortunate that my parents taught me to look further into why I might feel a certain way; it was normal to expose things.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is one of the greatest films of all time.