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 have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.

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.

As a youth, I hated myself for not being good enough. All my inadequacies and failures, not being kind enough, generous or understanding enough, would assail me at night. It became a habit to be guilty and self castigating, not liking myself because I was unworthy... I really tortured myself.

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'll talk to myself out loud a lot.