I Have Just Enough Attention To Feel

I Think The Secret To Happiness Is Having A Teflon Soul. Whatever Comes Your Way, You Either Let It Slide Or You Cook With It.

You'll Never Have Any Mental Muscle If You Don't Have Any Heavy Stuff To Pick Up.

Every Film Is Its Own Experience, Its Own Planet, Its Own Family. It Seems Infinite When You're Working On It, And Then It's Suddenly Very Finite, And It's Done.

One Of My Favorite Parts Of Myself Is My Motherhood Aspect, It Just Turned Out To Be The Best Thing About My Life [laughs], The Most Rewarding And Deepening, So I Have A Delight In Portraying Mothers.

I Think A Lot Of The Time, The Studio System Is So Compelled To Kowtow To Its Fear That Women Are Not Going To Be Found Sympathetic. It Just Sort Of Euthanizes Any Hope Of More Diverse Examples Of The Emotional Realities Of People. Representing My Gender, I Think, "well, I Have Those Emotions, Why Don't Those Ever Get Brought To The Screen So I Can Feel Recognized?"