"You can't become another person if you're not self-aware."

"I'm definitely not very insecure, but I have perfectionist tendencies, and I'll want things to be a certain way."

"I have an amino acid missing that you can only get from certain kinds of eggs. So, I've been eating a few eggs."

"I'm drawn toward filmmakers who have a very distinctive voice. I really appreciate people who push themselves and, therefore, push the medium forward."

"I'm not a strong cook. I can do the crockpot; that's about it."

"As far as I'm concerned: Chris Pratt for president! He'd save us."

"My parents have been together since they were 16 years old."

"My mom always told me one of the reasons that she was really happy in her life was that, if Dad never worked again, she was confident that she could support the family."

"When I was grounded, I wouldn't be allowed to go on set. That's how much I loved it."

"Joss Whedon is a hero of mine, and what he's done for women in film and television, particularly when it comes to writing female roles that would typically go to a man, is awesome."

"Of course any kind of film process has ups and downs and days where you're stuck and have breakthroughs."

"Writing 'when you find me,' it really exposed me to a way of putting together a story I hadn't thought of."

"After I did 'Orchids,' I enrolled back in film school and did a million and a half workshops and worked with great professors and people, trying to hopefully get better."

"My first time I directed a play was 'No Exit,' a play set in a subway."

"I'm very sturdy and very proud of it."

"I did karate for years and years and years."

"It's not that I'm a serious person; I'm playful and stuff like that, but I take characters very seriously and the work very seriously."

"I'm very conventional compared to my parents."

"I will never reach the success that my dad has felt."

"I try to go with the flow and have faith that everything is going to work out."

"I've done a lot of weird, otherworldly characters, and I think I'm at my best when I'm kind of in the woods running around screaming or depressed."

"I stepped in for Nicole Kidman in 'Dogville' when she left that film."

"You can't raise kids alone, you can't heal alone... you really need a community."

"Getting to have an opportunity to tell a story that is about mental illness and how it affects one's self and one's community was really something that really meant a lot to me."

"My friends knew I was obsessed with these 'Twilight' boys because I love a dangerous love story."

"Tom Hanks is fantastic - he is one of my dad's good friends, and he's very warm and funny."

"My dad made a film called 'Willow' when he was a young filmmaker, which screened at the Cannes film festival, and people were booing afterwards."

"I'm obsessed with my parents."

"You have to see, kid by kid, what their needs are and what kind of parent you need to be for them."

"I would amputate my toes to work with Lars von Trier again."

"I'm always trying to figure out what my taste is, what my likes and dislikes are."

"Kevin Kline is an honorary Brit."

"I created a fitness club with five friends. We have weekly check-ins and a reward system - and group penalties if one of us slacks off."

"Everyone in Hollywood has a screenplay."

"I'm a little Type A, and I have this really thick binder whenever I do a movie where I make a million notes, and in between takes, I'm checking it out."

"While 'The Help' is in so many ways a celebration of these women's friendships and what they overcome, it's also very truthful and very painful, and it was intense for my mom to read that."

"It's, like, sort of a dream thing for an actor when they're told to gain weight."

"I'm a little superstitious."

"My first pregnancy, I gained 75 pounds."

"I don't know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well."

"My greatest dream is to work with my dad someday as an actress."

"What keeps me sane the most is, honestly, the Serenity Prayer."

"Creativity is all around us, and some of the funniest, most beautiful, and touching moments happen when you least expect it."

"The thing that every parent hopes for is that the baby's healthy, I'm healthy. No matter how you feel, that's the most important thing."

"There's not a higher stake than someone having to face their own death."

"I think the success of the 'Twilight' movies, not just the books, comes down to Stephenie Meyer."

"I try to focus moment to moment on being an aware, responsible, contributive member of society. You see trash on the ground, pick it up!"

"Everything about doing 'Jurassic World' was a dream come true."

"Directing 'When You Find Me' was one of the most creatively rewarding endeavors of my career."