In The End, Winning Is Sleeping Better.

Eventually This All Passes. The Public Horrors Of Today Eventually Blow Away. And, Yes, You Are Changed By The Awful Wake Of Reckoning They Leave Behind. Hopefully In The Process You Don't Lose Your Ability To Throw Your Arms In The Air Again And Spin In Wild Abandon. That Is The Ultimate F.u. And - Finally - The Most Beautiful Survival Tool Of All. Don't Let Them Take That Away From You.

As An Actor, I'm Attracted To Drama; As A Director, It's Humor - Because It's The Story Of My Life, And I Can't Be That Serious About It. Being Alone Is A Big Theme In All My Movies, Both As A Director And As An Actress.

Definitely, There's A Lot Of Trouble You Come Up Against When You're Acting And Directing, About Your Performance. Sometimes It's Hard To Be Objective About It. I Will Tend To Get Two Takes And Walk Away. I Don't Belabor It, And It's Important To Me To Have Someone Who Says, "you Know What? You Should Get Another One, And Maybe You Should Try It Like That".

I've Always Had This Idea That I Wanted Movies To Make People Better Not Worse.

By The First Week Of Shooting, You Know Exactly Where Your Film Is Heading Based On The Psychology Of Your Director.