“And perhaps, those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films, with women at the center are niche experience, they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people.”

“If you know why someone is doing what they're doing, why they're behaving the way they are, then that's your job to reveal that, and often that's situational. The storytelling does that, and then some of it's your job as an actor to make that subtext come to life.”

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.”

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.”

“I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.”

“Working with Woody [Allen] is like an emotional strip club without the cash.”

“Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ... Instinct won't carry you through the entire journey. It's what you do in the moments between inspiration.”

“If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.”

“It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.”