Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.
I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.
I'll talk to myself out loud a lot.
I had been looking for a New York apartment, but I said, Why not give LA a go?
I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese.
The Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.