If there's any relevant influence we may have with an investor, with a studio, with a director, with an actor, I think we have to fight.

I had to quit ballet because it felt like a part of me was dying inside.

Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.

I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.

I was a ballet dancer for so long, but when I realized I had reached my limit and that I couldn't go any further I knew I wanted to pursue acting. That's one thing you don't use as a dancer - your voice. And the one thing I use most in my life is my voice so it's wonderful to get to express myself artistically through the biggest instrument I use.

I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.

Every character has their reasons - even the characters who do dumb things.