I've made peace with the fact that the things that I thought were weaknesses or flaws were just me. I like them.

Back when I was very small, and we had this bathroom with these sort of paneled mirrors on the side. And I would just sit there - because it was the only warm room in the house. And I would - if I was in a bad place - I would go to my imaginary place with these mirrors, and create this entire other world to sort of help level out what I was dealing with.

I watched a documentary about Freedom Riders. One young woman told her parents, 'I'm going to leave college to ride and represent the future.' I thought, 'Who would do that now?' Who would do that for my son?"

I find that with some girls, the words work and education have gotten a bad rap.

I keep saying, 'Don't change. Be who you are,' but society is really strong in their opinions.

I mean, yeah, Anne Fletcher was a choreographer, but she was born to be a director. You need to have the ability to figure out people's rhythms. It all starts from the script.

I've been in enough films where the studio wanted that extra little cuteness to make it sellable.