At the core, I am an actress. And I think, in a way, that's a good thing in that I am, I think, empathetic and sympathetic to the film. I would never pretend to have the discerning and acute critical eye that a lot of the great critics in our business do have. I don't look at it as being a critic or placing a judgment on a film, and I do think, how do you decide which film is best anyway? It's always a little bit of a mixed bag. But, I think it is just a collective group of people coming together to honor the work of an artist - that's how I think of it.

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

In 8th grade I started doing theatre and I remember it was as though I had taken a trip to a foreign land that I had never seen before yet felt completely at home. I remember feeling a genuine wave of happiness and of feeling complete.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.