I was really surprised when I started working and realized that you're actually on your own, a lot of the time. It makes you really responsible, as an actor.

And then the really awful thing is that at the end of the day after crying and experiencing things, then you look at what you've written and you're like, 'Hmm, there's half a page that's good here.' Then you throw out everything else.

I just went through my childhood attic with my sister. I'm not an expert, and I don't mean to put myself in that category, but thinking about Malcolm Gladwell and the 10,000 hours, I was like, Here are my 10,000 hours!

You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.

On a personal level, just for me in my own work, I would say the most interesting thing has been getting to work with the people that I've worked with.

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

I'm always disappointed after an audition when I don't get a part and I hear, "Oh, she was too X, or too Y," and it's too much of a quality.