I have two daughters, and we live here in Manhattan, and having gone through the Manhattan kindergarten application process, nothing will ever rival the stress of that.

If you are capable people are happy to play with you.

Sometimes when you're doing a comedy, the director will yell out "alts" and then the director gets the first laugh.

I hire people that are good, and aren't crazy. Or assholes. Because that takes up too much time. There are just as many good people who are not crazy.

I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.

Boyhood proves that there's still good roles for women over 40, as long as you get hired when you're under 40.

Steve Carell's Foxcatcher look took two hours to put on, including his hairstyling and make up. Just for comparison, it took me three hours today to prepare for my role as "human woman".