There's a lot of conning as part of our society, I think.

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

I guess it's a pretty common experience while making a movie. You have to let go of the result and just hang on to the experience and the process, where each role takes you to a different country, as it were: You're shipwrecked on this new island, you have no clothes, you have to figure out how you're going to live in this new character. All of that turns me on.

I really enjoy working with younger actors. I just feel like we're all peers together.

I always find it particularly difficult to work in New York because there are so many things to do.

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

When you're young, there's so much that you can't take in. It's pouring over you like a waterfall. When you're older, it's less intense, but you're able to reach out and drink it. I love being older.