The writers could always do an about-face and change everything

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

I listened more than I asked. There's a lot of information online, so many Youtube videos, countless interviews with all those obvious questions that were all answered for me. I just wanted to absorb her essence. I wanted to see the details, she has such mad style. I just wanted to see - the way she communicates with her hands, these gestures, her smile, how she moves through space.

I'm thinking about anything and everything. I'm making stuff up in my head, I'm using sense memory. Sometimes when it doesn't come and you've got no choice because you're getting paid to do it, you grasp at straws. It's always easy now with my kids. I just create some "what-ifs" in my head, something horrible that would devastate me as a mother.

My husband is my best friend; he knows my sensibilities.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

Editing is not a part of the filmmaking process I've ever been privy to as an actress.