Turning 30 was really big for me. I can get really stuck on 'I don't like this or that about myself.' I've found that the only thing that breaks that for me is being able to spend time alone, going to the movies by myself or going to art museums alone. I do that a lot. I've discovered the importance of even 15 or 30 minutes a day where it is just me.

My rule is, if it's not moving-monogram it!

But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.

I thought I was going to go back to Stanford, and then I got Election. I loved being an actor.

Costumes, fashion, it's all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries - the more that people work at creating alternative ideas - the more it changes people's ideas of beauty.

This is a movement to say we're more than just our dresses. ... It's hard being a woman in Hollywood or any industry.

I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.