For A Long Time, I Was Almost

I Grew Up In San Francisco. My Parents Were Not Hippies; They Were Writers. They Were Very Active Politically, But On The Intellectual Side, Not On The "taking Drugs In A Field And Listening To The Grateful Dead" Side.

I Think It's Really Important To Have A Life Outside Of This [movie] Business And Just Be The Best Person You Can Be.

The Fact That I Got Into Acting At All Was Kind Of Fluke-ish. I Loved Movies, But I Can't Remember Ever Really Wanting To Be An Actress, And I Certainly Didn't Imagine Ever Being In A Movie. I Think I Wanted To Be A Writer.

I'm Quite Comfortable Looking At Myself In Movies, Probably Because I've Been Doing It For So Long, Since I Was A Kid. So I Sort Of Watched Myself Grow Up And Go Through Adolescence, Like, Basically On Camera.

My Problems Seemed So Glamorous To Other People, And Everyone Just Thought I Was So Lucky. But Then, I Was Lucky Because My Family Was Really There For Me. I Think I Just Felt Like I Really Wanted To Hold On To Who I Was As A Person, And Try To Have As Much Of A Normal Life As I Could.