Even if your work touches one person, that's an amazing gift.

That was cool, getting to work with Ryan Gosling. I knew he was going to be a huge star after I saw him in that Showtime thing that he did when he was really young [The Believer]. I think the most fun thing about that was I'd never seen somebody that had so many questions about the specifics of everything: where you ate, how much you ate, how much you drank. He's very special.

I don't think I could ever do a network sitcom because the humor is often based on some trite circumstance. I don't want to be a part of a show where it's mostly about coming up with the jokes.

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.

I'm not big with an audience; I get very nervous.

I've always been drawn to Marilyn Monroe, but certain aspects of her story may be too sad to tell

Women do feel like they're in a box. Society, Hollywood, some men... they want to wrap women up in a neat little package.