I think that the idea of family is a very powerful and influential and disjointed thing that will always captivate me.

It's been really important to me to create moments where there's a breath or moments where there's a laugh or moments where there's real life that's allowed to seep in through the cracks of whatever melodrama is happening, because that's what does happen in life.

I feel like we want women to be simpler, less complex, so we project a lot of versions of simplicity onto them to fit that.

It's amazing how the world does actually go on in the middle of things that should stop it for us.

Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.

I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow at monsters! It was a physical shoot and I enjoyed it.

I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on believing that I'm going to change the world with every film I choose to act in.