I want to be tested beyond my comfort zone. I don't want to be safe if it is more interesting to be dangerous.

The reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can never be the whole truth.

Don't worry about something going away; enjoy it while it's happening. And don't worry about something that's not even real.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of should value life more. It's contrast.

There's something to be said for going back to a simple form of living-nature and family. There's something very...there's safety in that.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

[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.