I realize my need to be liked or my need for strangers to rate me well, even with their words and their thoughts, I'm not alone in that, and the whole thing is set up culturally so we feel that way.

Mom is the most unconditionally loving person I will ever know, and she has always supported me on every level.

Fail fast. Fail often... The most talented people in the world have bad ideas. That's a good thing to learn.

I took a Groundlings class in my 20s, and I was terrible. They didn't even pass me to the next level.

I like to be in a European city where I can speak my language.

There was a time when I let go of the reins and thought, What's meant to happen will happen. That's probably one of my biggest faults as a person, and something that I've had to work really hard on: believing in this idea that the universe will decide for me. The universe is not going to decide in your favor.

With acting, the stark reality for women is that it's nearly impossible to get older in an elegant fashion as an actress. Either you're fighting your age, or you're having to own it in a way that feels inelegant, or you're Meryl Streep and you're an angel from God.