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

My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.

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.

When you look at something that's so extraordinary, like a man who is traveling back in time to prevent JFK's assassination, for me as an actor, you're still trying to seed it in some sort of reality.

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.

If we learn to understand each other, we will have a better understanding of ourselves.

You have people who know you are competent enough to do your job and then you have the ones that just hover around.