The only thing I don't like about acting is that it takes so much time away from my family. Otherwise, I don't have any complaints.

I love movies that are challenging to me both physically and emotionally and that I have to take a lot of time leading up to it to get into that headspace and live in that headspace throughout the course of the production.

When you go into a starring position and you're carrying a movie, it's important that people like it. So I only do things that I can connect with in some sort of way, or that I can identify with.

As soon as I ended up being incarcerated, I said, you know, this is not the life for me.

I prepare mentally and physically for everything I do. I like having to do both, because you submerge yourself into the character and the world and you live it until it's over.

As far as I'm concerned, there's no job more important on the planet than being a mom.

I love being on sets with very seasoned directors as well as very new directors. Every time is a discovery process. You learn something new every time.