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 Oscars have become such a big deal these days that it's just used as adjective.

My father taught me how to substitute realities.

There's a side of my personality that goes completely against the educated & serious woman. The side who wants to be a pin-up girl in garages all across America!

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

That's the thing about acting - it does have the feeling of downhill skiing. When it's really all going right, you know your lines, you know what's important to your character, you pick the strongest reactions possible to elements in the story. But then you let it all go and you're in the moment and stuff happens. It surprises you and it's super strong; it's like you're living life in a slightly heightened way in the time between "action" and "cut."

I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning.