I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.

As someone who was born in Israel, you're put in a position of defending Israel because you know how much is at stake.

Everyone dreams of living in Paris.

Hillary Clinton is incredibly prepared and smart on all of the issues.

I don't know if the scripts are changing so much. I mean, I've been working for almost 25 years and made over 40 films and I worked with my first female director, on a feature, "Planetarium". And it's still the only one.

The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.

I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.