I would have made a lousy stripper. I'm just not very comfortable exposing myself.

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised

Hollywood is a suction for your confidence or your faith or your togetherness. Just walking on the street you can feel it.

I have always been a good mimic.

I like movies that make you think.

I think I've always been a follow-the-leader with my career, or maybe waiting for things to happen. Now I'm like, I'm OK-I know the direction, whoever's on board can go with me.

Most of my memories of Texas are of mosquitoes, watermelons, crickets, and my brother teasing me