I spent lunchtime in a grave during the filming of 'Bloody Mama.' When you're younger, you feel that's what you need to do to help you stay in character. When you get older, you become more confident and less intense about it - and you can achieve the same effect.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

When you feel that you can't fight it, you just go for it. When it comes to the arts, passion should always trump common sense.

The hardest thing about being famous is that ... in a conversation everybody's agreeing with what you're saying. ... You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

I don't like to watch my own movies - I fall asleep in my own movies.

Auditions are like a gamble. Most likely you won't get the part, but if you don't go, you'll never know if you could've got it.