There is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it.

All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying.

The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed.

One of the most important keys to acting is curiosity. I am curious to the point of being nosy. What that means is you want to devour lives. You're eager to put on their shoes and wear their clothes and have them become a part of you. All people contain mystery, and when you act, you want to plumb that mystery until everything is known to you.

For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.

I own one pair of Prada shoes. They make my feet hurt... It's not the shoes' fault; they are exquisitely made. I blame my feet. I've got my mother's feet.

As there begins to be less time ahead of you, you want to be exactly who you are, without making it easier for everyone else.