Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

I don't go to see movies to see plots. I'm not interested in puzzles like an Agatha Christie story.

I think having funny characters is just one way of having three-dimensional characters.

It's this long monologue [in Valley of Violence] with Ethan Hawke talking about life and everything with a dog. That's not in movies. Hopefully when people think about the movie when they go home, they're like, "That's weird. He's maybe crazy. He's talking to a dog the whole time."

I don't generally watch the movie [ The House Of The Devil ]. It's sort of like hearing your voice on tape.

The hardest animal was the vulture. But the horses were great, the dog was great [in Valley of Violence]. It was really easy.

It's funny, because I don't think of my films as "slow-burn." I don't even know if I was familiar with the phrase until people started labeling me with it.