I've always had that going on: "I can't," and then I do, so the voice says, "Well, that was an exception!" It's a tug-of-war between two voices: the one who knows she can and the one who's scared she can't.

The game of chess is a metaphor for life... it teaches you strategy and it teaches you the value of knowing where you are, where you want to get to and what obstacles are in the way that you need to navigate in order to get there.

I went to the Independent Spirit Awards and won.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.

With success comes more responsibility, a larger size of existence, which is uncomfortable.

Human beings have an instinct for freedom.

As actors, you become an expert at starting over.