I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

I dont want to be owned by anyone.

Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.

It's amazing the things that you cry at. I cry when I smell my son's hair in the morning. We have a moment of peace and I'll be like, 'Ahhhh! How can you love this much?'