I'm a typical middle child. I'm the mediator. The one that makes everything OK, puts their own needs aside to make sure everybody's happy. It's hard to change your nature, even with years and years of therapy.
I've never really been a careerist; I've never been able to step back and look at anything in that way. I though this is just what happens. I did take my work very seriously. I loved immersing myself in a character. I loved getting the opportunity to do that. I didn't realize how extraordinary it was, how lucky I was, because I was young.
I'd much rather be in a movie that people have really strong feelings about than one that makes a hundred million dollars but you can't remember because it's just like all the others.
I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.
I just don't want to talk about my personal life. I feel like it's mine, I'm not trying to promote it. It's nice to have things that are your own, that you value enough that you don't have to use to sell a movie.
I love being in therapy. It's just constantly fulfilling for me.
I really go against drama in my life. Life is too short.
There's a lot of magic involved in movies that as a child I really appreciated. So I love bringing my son to set. It reminds me of what I loved doing as a child, and also, as an actor, you have a lot of down time.
I used to hang out by the food table at parties because you don't have to talk to anybody. If you do then you can talk about the food.
I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.
I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in, and not just casually observe. Whatever my part in it, just as an audience member, I find that exciting.
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying. I've never been happier.
One of the reasons that I do a lot of different kinds of pictures is because I learn a lot when I'm doing them.
It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.
Writing, producing and directing, I must say, is incredibly satisfying and gratifying.
I like to investigate all different kinds of people, I guess, and find out what makes them who they are, and try to be honest in the portrayal, and truthful, and find out how to understand that person, how to communicate that person's experience.
I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself.
Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.
I like a movie that the audience actively has to participate in and not just casually observe.
You know, you really do choose your existence in a way.
