You often have a great director who's like, "Well, actually I don't even want to reveal you until the end of this scene" or something like that and it totally changes everything that you thought it was going to be.

It's mostly directors whom I get starstruck around.

You want to be a part of something that is going to change history or make history or be bigger than yourself.

I have these surreal moments where I’m like ‘I’m pregnant with Jake Gyllenhaal’s baby’ and ‘I’m telling Robert Pattinson that he smells of sex.’ But you’re acting, so the focus is on the work.

In my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create. It's the people who are more insecure who feel the need to control and micromanage.

As women, we're always in negotiation with how we're being perceived versus how we feel.

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.