My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of my parents were extremely liberal, so I think I grew up in a household that was very politically conscious - we all watched the elections on TV, and we watched the debates. So it was an awareness that we were raised with, and as we grew into young adults, we just naturally became politically active. It was just understood that it was important, that it was our responsibility.

It's nice to have a crush on someone. It feels like you're alive, you know?

Every actor has a production company already. It's just a matter of producing your own films under the label of your own production company.

Everything you do is different, and you find different chords in every character that you play that strike true with you.

I don't know necessarily that I would produce under my own company right now. Producing is not something that I'm thinking about. Directing is something that I will be doing very shortly, trying to figure out what to get my hands on. And I can't imagine writing a script and wanting to direct it and not having a producing credit, because I would want to have a big chunk of power on that end, if I wrote something.

They're [social media] amazing tools to communicate information - especially about different causes or crises or movements.

These tabloid magazines - I think they're hideous and the downfall of society.