I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That's why I never understood why people called me a beauty.

The purity of Jewish upbringing - the restrictions that one carries through life being a 'nice Jewish girl' - what a burden.

The industry is s**t, it's the medium that's great.

I'm crazy enough to believe in taking chances in every way, in making choices and gambling with your life. That's the kind of gambling I believe in.

One thing I am convinced of is that the more you do, the more you can do.

When you talk about a great actor, you're not talking about Tom Cruise. His whole behavior is so shocking. It's inappropriate and vulgar and absolutely unacceptable to use your private life to sell anything commercially, but I think it's kind of a sickness.

They think actors are freaks - that we're a lot of drunks who party all the time and never work. Well, I for one work my tail off.