For me acting is pretending. It's illuminating my human struggle - trying to grow and have the courage to be filmed while figuring things out.

My mother's been married many, many times and grew up believing in love like that. It's remarkable.

I remember my agent at the time called me and was like, "I've got it! I've found it! I've found your role!" I worked my ass off to get that role, because I think me and three or four other girls tested for it. But it was a great time.

My gift to my children would be from me to be as honest and true to myself as an artist, and put that out there to the best of my ability.

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome

I was told once that I didn't play the Hollywood game, and that's why I wasn't a big star. What they meant when was that I don't go to parties, and when I go to an audition and I don't like the script, they know it

At the very least, my tastes are out of the ordinary.