I've always said that the experience of meeting an artist that you are in awe of and that you hope to create with one day is usually disappointing because you put them up on a pedestal, and then you're like, 'Wow, that's not a nice person.'

The first time I met [Sylvester Stallone], he had golf tees up his nose. So I figured we were going to be OK.

Whoever established the high road, and how high it should be, should be fired.

I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.

It's nice we work in a place where you're allowed to keep coming back to have new experiences together.

I was able to say to everyone, 'Would you be willing to take a role that you've cherished and worked on for a long time and change it to female?' And there was not any hesitation, which was a real win. That hopefully shows a shift in the climate for women in film, although we still have some climbing to do.

I have a thing for red-haired Irish boys, as we know.