I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories.

Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It's fun not to take myself seriously all the time.

I think what I've learned most from being an actress is that there's no method. That you have to invent this process over and over and over again, depending on who you're working with and what you're doing.

Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress.

I think it's a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories.

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'm a control freak and I like to be overprepared, and I'm overly organized and I'm not in the moment a lot of the time.