I tend to look for a great script.

You know, we’re not on stage, we’re not doing a play, so we don’t have a relationship with the audience but going through that process and also just hearing how much people love the film, you feel like you do have a relationship with the audience.

If my son would only listen to my advice, he would lead a perfect life. I'll still be saying that to him when I'm 75. I like to imagine that I have the control, but he's a teenager, so that never really happens.

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that.

You can't not be into basketball and grow up in Chicago or live in L.A., because people are so fanatical about the teams. You know what's going on with the games even if you don't watch.

You cannot believe how hard it is to try and raise money for a film. I did it for six years and it was such a failure.

I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin.