I made fun of myself before everybody else could, so I always got the comic crowns: Freshman Fink, Sophomore Fairy, Junior Birdman. I got all three of them!

I had always done theater in extracurricular ways. I'd never been a drama major.

Don't depend on other people's encouragement. It's never enough and never when you need it.

I think I have always tried to do the smaller films. I like to jump around and there is something really nice for acting in a smaller film... But I think now, Hollywood's movies certainly involve a younger generation for the most part and so... I love going back and forth.

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.

I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant.

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.