I don't think of myself as a terribly confident person. But I have a survival mechanism that was instilled in me by my mother.

I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in.

Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.

I think in my 20s I was just all about having fun.

I think film is a director's medium and the good filmmakers that I like tell the darker stories. Therefore, I'm always inclined to follow people like David Cronenberg.

When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.