Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until it's over.

Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until its over.

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

I definitely feel like a native New Yorker. My personality was formed there.

I always had good friends, but I did not feel like a cool girl, ever.

Catherine Keener really gets me. She and I have such a shorthand together.

Hollywood always likes to create a star.

I'd rather go for Scorsese and De Niro. I just think he was so much better.

The stories that I want to tell are completely, well somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.

I would still encourage somebody, if they wanted to make a movie, to just go take a movie camera. That's clearly been shown to work. It's just how do you get it seen?

My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes.

Faith is the proper name of religious experience.

SORCERY, n. The ancient prototype and forerunner of political influence. It was, however, deemed less respectable and sometimes was punished by torture and death.

Any good biography has to got to lead you to the work. Many biographers have started out in love with their subjects and ended up hating them.

When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights.

I had to work 10 times harder. People expect so much of you, because they want to see if you can strive and stand on your own.

Grace is openness. By remaining open, you let go of your ego and narrow-minded views, and allow divine grace to express itself through you.

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.

Correct one fault at a time. Concentrate on the one fault you want to overcome.

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

For me, movies should be visual. If you want dialogue, you should read a book.