Before I left for Germany, I had gotten accepted to the performing arts high school in New York, which was a big dream of mine. And having to leave that was very sad for me.

My favorite place to vacation is anyplace by the ocean.

I'm mildly obsessed with skin care. I do a lot of masks at home, like Elisha Coy's Korean Collagen masks. I also use an embarrassingly wide variety of facial creams.

If I'm having a bad day in rehearsal, I'll sleep with my script.

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

I can't have white roses. They symbolize death.

I've had a very supportive mother my entire life, so I've had strong women around me.

I was into opera as a kid - I'd play 'Carmen' and sing and dance. My mom signed me up for a theater group before preschool, and I never looked back.

I think if you want to get to know me, you should come and see a show. A person might get to see more sides of me.

I see something new in 'Gosford Park' every time I watch it.

I let steam off by watching 'Downton Abbey.

Really, some cases shouldn’t even smell the court room. Screw Habaeus Corpus, lock up the criminal and have the keys thrown away.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

Sometimes you can do Shakespeare and you're still not an actor.

And you bring your words, But you're just like them, You're unprepared 'Cause you don't know the terrain

I don't like compliments. No. I prefer criticisms; prefer to prove them wrong

Hire character. Train skill.

Tread Lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow.

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

I teach film directing, inasmuch as you can. Its not really possible to teach film direction, but I sit there as a sort of testimony of experience and know-how, I suppose.

I find it refreshing to unplug from it for a while. You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it.