I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.

I grew up in a Christian home. The strictness comes with religion in general. Whether you grew up Jewish or Orthodox Jewish or Muslim, there are certain rules and regulations. But my parents instilled in me the importance of defining God for yourself.

I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'

I bet you could look at every single thing I've ever done and reduce it to that parenting schematic.

My personality is just innately even-keeled. I'm not such a huge daredevil. Which is not to say I'm not a passionate woman. I don't know, maybe it's my physiological makeup, but I don't like the feeling of anything in my system, other than a glass of wine now and then.

I cannot even imagine college. I'm white-knuckling it just letting my son go to kindergarten for eight hours a day.