I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

As I get older, I'm more relaxed and less concerned with what people think of me

My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.

Friendship is anything that you get something out of that is very, very important to you. And that's why there are those people who are so close to you that you don't know how you'd live without them. And they are the ones that, even if they do something terrible, you have to keep. Otherwise, you're just going to be lost without them.

I think the press is doing a wonderful job of putting the pressure on the decision-makers in Hollywood to support more female directors.

I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.