I've been really lucky that I've been exposed to a lot of lovely, talented people who are not jerks and I would like to continue that streak.

My good friend once said, "You guys think you're the stars in your own movie."

A weird thing about being an actress is that shooting movies doesn't feel like watching movies. It feels like being in a warehouse.

I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.

Acting was always something I pursued by myself. When we were in college, I took an acting class that I was so passionate about and devoted to, but I went to it privately and never really spoke about it. I'd have these ecstatic experiences in, like, a church basement and then never talk about it with other people.

I think there are times when you're jamming with the universe, and other times when it feels like no matter how hard I work, no matter how good a person I am, I will always be punished for being mediocre.

I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff.