I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.

It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job.

This Catholic thing, I think what it does is it makes a place for mystery in a person. And even when the faith goes away, there's that space where you crave something bigger than yourself. For me, that's kind of where art came in, after that.

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part of my disposition definitely did lend itself to finding my way to the back door of some artistic pursuit.

If you're upset with how you look at 25, life's going to be tough.

Sometimes what happens is that, when you micromanage actors and moments, it just doesn't quite live.