For young women, I would say don't worry so much about your weight. Girls spend way too much time thinking about that, and there are better things. For young men, and women, too, what makes you different or weird-that's your strength. Everyone tries to look a cookie-cutter kind of way, and actually the people who look different are the ones who get picked up. I used to hate my nose. Now I don't. It's OK.

I love Goodfellows and I love Nick Palleggi, but no, it's The Godfather, 1 and 2.

People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women,’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, “You’ve played so many strong men?”’ No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can’t we have that expectation about women?

Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody.

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.

I don't have a favorite director just like I don't have a favorite color or I don't have a favorite food. I like everything.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.