Whether we call it religion or faith, we all battle for a balanced integrated soul.

Partying has never been my thing. I've been around some wild people. I've been in the same room and watched them experiment, and that's been entertaining.

Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

We take a lot for granted as second wave feminists, what our mothers and aunts did for us.

We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.

I feel my fuller-bodied characters are all in the independent films I do, and in the studio productions, I have to work harder to dimensionalize the characters. And that's certainly part of the job description of an actor - that's what you're supposed to do - but you have to work harder at it in the characters that I've encountered in studio films.

I rely on my directors, a lot. I love being directed.