There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment.

Being is like pretending.

I had started off, before I ever got an acting job, working at Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions as a reader. I was always interested in that side of the camera.

Once you've found something you know how to do, it makes you feel you don't have to be intimidated by someone.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

The name game is frustrating. Agents will say, They love you, but they're going to offer it to Julia Roberts first.

I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.