I'm all right, not as good as my mom is. Maybe because I don't have kids.

Everyone thinks I'm ethereal. But I'm not like that, you know. I'm not ethereal. Well, I might have a little bit of that quality to me, that 'old soul' thing, but I'm not ethereal.

We grew up with a camera in front of us.

There's no one out there like Quentin Tarantino. His films have a signature look, and they never just stick to the same kind of story.

I think acting is something that is within you. It's a very natural thing for me. It comes from myself, really.

I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.

I was 12 and I remember every­thing. I mean, I had done two films before that. The first was actually with Amy Heckerling. It was so brilliant to work with her on my first film. Atonement was the third one I'd done, and I remember how it felt to arrive on set every day. I remember how it felt to get my wig off at the end of the day. I remember how hot it was.