In New York you can just walk out and be among people. You're on the subway among people, you go to cafes, you can talk to people.

If I ever feel that acting is just soul-sucking and I don't want to do it anymore, I could stop.

I took a writing class in college, liked it, and my first year out of school I couldn't get a job, so I wrote a play.

I guess I always like being asked questions about influence or inspiration, like, "What are you reading? Who are your heroes? Is there any one person you want to shout out to now?" I really love paying it forward with love and attention, because that's what I like to read.

When I'm writing, I look like a fool because the parts are moving through me and I'm crying and laughing and making faces.

I've definitely gotten to work with female directors, and I feel lucky because of that. I just feel like more voices should be represented.

I think everyone is always asking themselves, How is my work meaningful, how is my life meaningful? As I get older, I feel like who I am as a person and a citizen is more important than who I am in my work. But I do think it reframed slightly for me, how much I have to care about a project in order to want to do it. Sometimes, obviously, you have a take a job for money. But I think I'm quicker now when I get a script that's, say, borderline misogynist, I'm not going to go in for it. I'm thinking more about what I'm putting into the world.