I'm such a believer in going to set, even when you're not work because I think the best things to be learned, you don't necessarily get from your own scene or from someone speaking to you and telling you advice. I think it's all about watching and just taking it all in. It's not even when the cameras are rolling, necessarily. You can see how they interact with the rest of the crew, and how they deal with being a character and then being themselves.

If you don't have that trust in the backbone of the project, you may not know what you're making.

I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood.

It's really important to stand up for yourself and not always agree with what people say if indeed you don't feel that that's true

Everything for me has happened so quickly. I finished shooting 'The Blind Side' not this past June, but the June before, and all of sudden up to now, it seems like it's gone from zero to 60 for me. I feel so fortunate to be able to say that.

My mother used to take me to flea markets in my stroller, and I would just rummage through the piles. You've got to dig through the overstuffed racks that everyone else just walks by. It's the only way to find the cool stuff.

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend.