I love love and falling in love, but it can get pretty flat real fast.
There is real honor in being a total goofball.
You know, let a few years go by until I hit my midlife crisis. Then that can be documented on film.
I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously.
However, I’m at a very comfortable place in my career and celebrity, in that I don’t have to audition as extensively as I used to for roles but yet I’m not immediately recognizable.
It’s funny with jeans now, because if they don’t feel like a pair of sweatpants, I don’t have patience for them anymore! I think I’m becoming increasingly lazy.
You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes.
My husband and I have watched a lot of Hitchcock movies in bulk, and there’s a lot to be gained from that, from focusing strictly on an artists canon.
Steve Martin is one of my favorite performers, writers, artists of all time.
Psychology and acting are very closely linked. It’s just about studying people and how they work. It can be an incredible discipline and exercise.
Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.
Oliver Stone’s strategy is to unnerve the actors so as to make them alert and alive.
My parents never condescended to me. As a child, I always sat at the head of our dinner table. I was always given a lot of responsibility.
In New York City, everybody goes into therapy.
Money or no money, acting is my calling.
I’ve always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.
I think the voice over actually enhances the various moments instead of compensating for something that’s lacking. Voice over can be tricky. It can be dangerous because its over used or inappropriately used. I think in this case it informs the story.
It’s very difficult to judge yourself. Extreme self-doubt is only attractive when it’s fictionalized. Which is why people love the movies. They are so reassuring.
I was told that my going to college wouldn’t be good for my career. I think that’s nonsense. It’s good to empower yourself by cutting yourself off from this business every once in a while.
Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy.