"I saw acting as a way to get out of the situation I was in. That’s really what made me work as hard as I did. It was …"

"I see Elizabeth as a butterfly or a moth. She’s fluttering and trying to find her place in this world."

"I would wake up very early, put my phone on a timer for maybe an hour at a time, and write in the style of a stream o…"

"In the beginning of my career, I was just happy to be in a movie. ‘I'll just do whatever you give me. I'll be there.’…"

"It was a good 10 hours in the makeup chair, and then I’d go and do a 12-hour day on set, and the makeup artist, Sarah…"

"So often in films there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite…"

"You have to be fierce as an actor. It’s not the actor’s job to be interesting; that’s the script’s job. It’s our job …"

"Acting is the only thing I do, the only thing I know. It’s a marathon for me. There is a lot of thought that goes int…"

"The truth is, I hate acting. Acting is actually the hardest thing to do. It's this elusive thing and you think you ha…"

"To know [that] the lead of a movie is willing to basically do whatever to make the movie is a good feeling. That insp…"