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

Whenever I wore it there were some questions whether the outfit was just too over the top. I'm like, "Do you know who you're dealing with here, and her eccentricities, her style, her flair?" These little things were sometimes those - I love it. I love having a real-life model. But I also do flush it out with my own personal experiences and my own essence, and hopefully they mesh together.

I’m someone who can sit in a Buddhist temple, and I can sit with Pentecostals or with Orthodox Jews, and I still feel like I am in tune with all of them.

It's thematic in my career, if you look at most of my choices. It is some level of exploration of maternal angst and maternal heroism.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

Chekhov, when it's done well and you're ready for it, can actually be quite funny.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.