Seeing someone you know be good at something is really appealing. Seeing how Darren Aronofsky behaved on set, it was another aspect of him, the director. He'd never directed me at home in the kitchen before. It was just seeing a whole other aspect of someone. It was really, really exciting. I loved it.

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

You have to be quite stupid to act.

The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't plan the tension. It's just something that should happen.

I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.

I am proud of what I am. I am a librarian.