I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.

I'm willing to fly close to the flame.

[As a producer] [Big Little Lies] is the stories of women that I know, and it was a way in which we could go to other women and say, "Here's a great role. There's five great roles here. They're all complicated. They all deserve to be told, and are you interested?" And that is rare.

The power of work, and the power of creativity can be your salvation.

To appreciate the success you have to have had the failures. You have to accept that it is a journey and its not just tomorrow or the next day or next year.

If you enter the dark side of life, and come through it, you emerge with more strength and passion.

An actor who's a control freak, that doesn't work. We have to be malleable. We cannot come in and try to control or dominate.