I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.

You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

I was around New York at a time when independent cinema was at its peak and became kind of popular and mainstream. It got some hype, culturally. After that, studios started to have independent companies within their studio system, and they found bigger stars willing to do new material. That's kind of what it's turned into.

There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level

Chris Guest has his own form. It's a way of working that is really intense and you can commit a lot and you focus a lot. You get to bring a lot. You get to bring things maybe you haven't seen before. You're asked to care a great deal for these people who you're playing and create heart and empathy.

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough.

Pop songs now, they're about the aftermath of love.