I don't think I'll ever be a producer who's into taking the meetings and fighting the big fights with studios. I really don't like that part. I'm much more interested in the material.

A l lot of films I've done are essentially about women who are finding their voice, women who don't know themselves well.

I've played a heroin addict and a speed freak and dark characters throughout my career.

I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.

I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.