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.

People want what they want. Sometimes you just have to walk in defiance of it and just be yourself.

Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time.

Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.

I have a lot of people to thank and I'm going to be one of those people that tries to mention a lot of names, because I know just two seconds ago my mother and father went completely berserk and I'd like to give some other mothers and fathers that same opportunity.

A man has always been seen as someone who works hard and has a full-time occupation. I think women should have the same opportunity and not have any stigma attached to them if they choose to pursue their careers.

What makes you different or weird, that's your strength.