From Blue Valentine I kept my wedding ring. I actually kept it on for a while. After the shooting had stopped, I was still wearing it – I couldn’t quite take it off – and now I keep it above the kitchen sink where I do dishes, as a little memento.

Everything's connected, and everything has meaning if you look for it.

An interview is like a minefield.

I don't think things through very often - I don't project into the future about how a situation will turn out.

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.

I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. It's good time management.

My poor mom really wants me to meet someone. I think she wanted to believe the Ryan Gosling rumor more than anybody.