My dad studied at the American Conservatory in Chicago, so he lived on all those streets. He said the war probably saved his life because he’d have ended up a dead musician, with all the crazy stuff they did on Rush Street back in the day.
You don’t always have to be doing something. The most of something that you can do sometimes is to be in the present doing nothing.
When it comes to exchanges with people, I think, the more genuine you can be, the more giving you can be, the more you will, in the end, feel fulfilled.
There’s a certain amount of empathy you need to have, and I’ve also never been one to call it in. I know some roles are easier for certain people, especially when there’s the sequel and a third and a fourth one.
I’m very thankful that I’ve had such longevity and variety.
Some movies – even movies you’ve done way before – they’re just clearer in nature.
You learn something from everything you do. With every project I’ve ever done, I’ve always treated it like I’m still in school.
You have to trust the journey. That has become my motto for years: trust the journey. Because in the end, we’re all kind of fearful. We all have fears and insecurities and ups and downs.
I think my mother had a lot of opportunity when she was a kid. She was a model, and she did a lot of things in her life, but she had no real ambition. I think my mother really did want a home and kids and all of that.
I never really saw my dad as entertained as when he was just completely blown away by somebody on the television screen or at the movies. I think that’s the real reason that I went into acting.
I was so shy at school that I hardly ever talked, so everybody thought I was kind of a hermit.
My dad had even hired an accompanist to play for me on a piano. But he had never pushed me to music because I don’t think he wanted me to be hurt as much as he was if it didn’t work.
My dad worked very hard for the money he made, and my mom worked very hard to keep this household up and running and all the kids fed and everything. And she did it in a brilliant fashion. They both did. In fact, the work ethic, to me, is so important in this life.
If you look at this generation of selfies and selfies and selfies, it seems a little bit scary. I like to see a driven kid, somebody who wants to come from the ground up.
I love to see somebody who wants to be the best they can be.
I just thank god that I didn’t grow up with so much money or privilege because you had to create ways to make it happen.
I’m not too in love with the word ambition, but I was driven.
I can’t be enticed by a big commercial film.
I have to make a living, and I have been in a few films I wish I hadn’t been in, but I don’t know where things will lead me next, and that’s exciting.
I say when the truth wants to find you or wants to be found by you, it will come after you. You cannot stop that force.
A lot of actresses like to repeat things over – and I don’t once I’ve been there and done that. I like to see what the next thing is that comes along.