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No family is sane, is it?
As a child I loved ghost stories.
I was a really pretentious teenager.
A good piece of art raises questions.
My mum's American. She's from Detroit.
Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.
I'm a bit nerdy about accents. I love it.
Directors assume I'm, like, establishment.
I've always had horrible Valentine's Days.
It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.
Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show.
I've played an awful lot of repressed people.
You either are a good director or you're not.
'Twin Peaks' is my favorite American TV show.
I love the solitary, romantic idea of writing.
I've never been desperate to please my father.
I always look for contradiction in a character.
If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.
I don't like talking about myself, if I'm honest.
If I could be a musician, I'd do it. I love singing.
I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.
I was quite quiet as a kid. I sat around watching people.
I want to try to make difficult people somehow relatable.
If I sat around thinking about acting all day, I'd lose my mind.
We all relate to having highs and lows. Everyone gets depressed.
It's not often you get female characters who don't fit into a box.
When I was 22, I thought I couldn't wear heels because of my height.
It's so great that women are being allowed to be heroes in big things.
I don't know how you make a living without a few personal compromises.
Steven Spielberg was a huge part of my childhood, like everyone's, I guess.
As someone who works and travels as much, you could feel... A bit rootless?
I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.
It's so rare that I get to do something in my own accent in my own hometown.
It's not like I particularly have an interest in creepiness for creepy's sake.
When we are aligned, everything can flow, and life and yoga becomes effortless.
Some people just don't have the tools to deal with the stuff life throws at them.
Nobody engages in a film, regardless of what your job is in it, to make a bad one.
I really think that 'Christine' is one in a million in terms of independent or studio.
Of course, any job is scary, but you tackle the challenges head on and hope for the best.
A lot of people go through life trying to perform normalcy, and I think you can relate to that.
Shopping is a bit of a relaxing hobby for me, which is sometimes troubling for the bank balance.
I'm not consciously avoiding doing a lot of period drama, but I don't really seek it out either.
I'm very nerdy about my music, and I like interrogating people about what they put on playlists.
At some point, you have to be willing to accept other people's opinions. I think that's helpful.
I've just started to get really envious when I go into people's houses and see books on a shelf.
My childhood was very colourful, and I am very good friends with both my parents. We have no secrets.
I was a sort of New York intellectual when I was 16. I wanted to dress like Annie Hall when I was 18.
I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor.
If I got too famous, I'd just quit acting, but I think it's highly unlikely I'm going to get really famous.
There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.