I Was The Type Of Person That

I Had Started Acting When I Was 7, And I Was Always Wrong. I Would Always Get To The Very End [of The Audition], But I Wasn't A Perfect Package Of One Thing. I Wasn't A Cliche, And It Always Worked Against Me. I Wasn't Pretty Enough To Play The Popular Girl, I Wasn't Mousy Enough To Be The Mousy Girl. Then There Was A Tv Show That Toni Collette Was Starring In. And When A Role To Play A Girl Who Was Struggling With Identity Came, I Thought: "oh, This Is What I Was Supposed To Do. Everything's Leading Up To This Moment." I Was 18. I Was Like, "this Is It." I Didn't Get It. And I Was Devastated.

Surrounding Myself With Women Of Different Backgrounds And On Different Paths And In Different Stages Of Their Lives Has Become So Valuable To Me.

Lately, I've Been Getting Too Much Attention With The Met Gala And Work Going So Well That I Try To Find Rejection In My Day. I'll Seek Out Someone On The Street Or At The Farmers' Market And Ask For Something Where I Know They'll Say No. No One Likes Rejection, But It's Real. And I Don't Want To Lose That Feeling.

I'm Sure That There's Frustration That Comes With Wanting To Just Have A Normal Mom. But, I Don't Really Know If They See It As Any Different Than Any Other Problem You Might Have With A Parent. I Think Everybody Can Think About One Thing That Their Parents Used To Do, All The Time, That Would Embarrass You.

I Feel Like The Movie Is Reminding People Of Who They Are, Which Is What I Think All Great Art Does.