I didn’t know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.
I like things that look like mistakes.
I had dreams, but I didn’t have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.
You keep learning how to let go and to live the life that you actually have, as opposed to the life you thought you were going to have.
I’ve never had a plan, I’ve always done things from instinct.
I’m not saying that everyone needs to be celibate, but you don’t need a romance to complete a story about a woman.
Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them – they’ll tell you who they are and what they’re up to.
You feel sadness for time passing. New York is a city that keeps reinventing itself, and I love it so much.
I’m not really capable of memorizing stuff without moving around, that’s how I do it.
The economy is rough. I think that affects everyone from big filmmakers to tiny filmmakers.
I like movies about women behaving badly, because women behave badly just like men, and we’re not always adorable and cute about it.
I live in New York, and I love New York as well, but I think Los Angeles is a place where if you have the right person with you, there are all these little worlds that you would never guess by just looking at the exterior of what the city is.
I think as an actress, I prefer having a character on the page. It allows you to be more invested in actually creating a whole person. It’s easier when you’re not trying to come up with your next line on the spot.
We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that’s where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside.
I think in theater the playwright is king. Those words are unchangeable. They are the reason that everything else flows from.
When I did plays in high school and college, I never remember memorizing my lines, but once I had blocking, I had all my lines memorized. Once I had movement associated with words, it was fine. Before I had blocking, it was just text on a page. Once it became embodied, it was much easier.
Getting bad reviews or doing something thats not great is also really good for you as an actor. It also makes me feel as an actor that Ive earned my stripes a bit.
I don’t do well when I don’t work.