Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset.

Pointe shoes are torture devices. I mean, ballerinas get used to it, but it was definitely a new experience for me. They feel medieval. I was very happy to stop wearing them.

There were, like, 20 of [Jackie Kennedy's biographies], which was interesting because they are not exactly high literature - they are pulpy.But the [Arthur] Schlesinger transcripts ended up being the most useful of anything.

Grab the good people around you. Don't let them go.

It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like.

Hillary Clinton is such a formidable candidate.

I'd say I got three or four offers for films that had female directors, so in my career I haven't had that opportunity before. That's exciting.