In Hollywood, She's Revered, She Gets Nominated

I Love What I Do. I Have An Insatiable Appetite For Creating Things And Wanting To Get Better At What I Do And Always Growing And Never Stopping. I Don't Know. It's Something I Was Born With. It's Definitely A Drive. It's A Passion, And It's Driven For A Love For What I Do.

[after The Twins' Birth,] I Spent Two Years Doing Nothing. I Was A Wife And A Mom. But You Need That Time To Grow. You Can't Be Afraid Of, 'oh, I'm Out Of The Public, Then I'm Going To Have To Make A Comeback.' It's Ridiculous. No.

What You Realize Is It's Not About Financial Success As An Artist. A Lot Of Actors And Actresses, Producers, Writers, And The Creative People In The Business Realize That. It's Not About That. Yeah, We All Want To Be Successful, But We All Just Want To Create And We Want To Tell The Stories. We Want To Continue Creating The Opportunities To Be Able To Continue Doing What We Love. So, At The End Of The Day, I Feel Like It's A Win-win For Everybody To Be Able To Make These Independent Films.

The Bear Is What We All Wrestle With. Everybody Has Their Bear In Life. It's About Conquering That Bear And Letting Him Go.

My Parents Wanted Me To Be A Lawyer. But I Don't Think I Would Have Been Very Happy. I'd Be In Front Of The Jury Singing.