Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.

The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering.

I usually run three or four times a week now. Pretty boring, but it's so worth is. It's done wonders for my mood

We live in a real world. Come back to it.

I campaigned for Hillary Clinton when she was in the primaries against [Barack] Obama, actually.

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 studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It's so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself—or other people—in a different way.