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.

The different tempos and yeah, it's cadence. It's the way she moves through space, it's gestures.

I look for struggle in the roles I choose - struggle and perseverance.

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 always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

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