I do research. I do emotional sort of Method work. Somehow it’s a huge mishmash of things that becomes my own acting process and my own way of navigating through something. But ultimately the desire is to be honest, and for that truth to bleed through into your work and onto the screen.

In particular, for my character, Celeste [in Big Little Lies], there was a way in which we wanted to present her, because she has sort of barriers that she has to put up for protection because of things that are going on in her life. Yet she wants to be, I suppose, very presentable but neutral.

Ultimately, you're left with the people you love and who love you- everything else fades into oblivion.

If I were a strategically minded person, I think I would have a far different career.

I never like to tell people what they should take.

I think love is the core emotion. Without that, and I've certainly existed without that, it's a very empty life.

Even from a very early age, I knew I didn't want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous.