For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

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 haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.

Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.

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.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.