I used to go to school in Manhattan with a bunch of the City Kids.

I put a drop of lavender essential oil on my pillow before I go to sleep.

I'm singing background on one of Blondie's songs on her new album

There was a big question as to whether or not different generations have grown up differently

When I first got pregnant, I freaked out. Then I had to remind myself: I'm turning 30

Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.

I experimented with weed, Ecstasy, mushrooms and mescaline for about a year and a half.

I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming.

In the Emperor's New Clothes, they got a different celebrity to do each voice. They drew up a picture of each character and then each actor wrote their own part

Kids aren't going to understand single life in New York City

I love directing. It's where my heart is, and it's the way my mind works.

I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

He believed in dreams, in endings that people told you could never happen, in disappointments reversed and luck that lasted.

I'm a classic movie person. I love action movies, too, but when I grew up I didn't have much action movies.

There is that thing about not working with animals and children - I don't think that's true. Although you should never work with donkeys.

It is simply service that measures success.

As every cockroach knows, thriving on poisons is the secret of success.

There are many sides to me to who I am and my personality. I think the only thing that is rebellious about me is that I don't really have a lot of fears, as far as film industry is concerned.

There is no one to tell this to and yet it seems very important to get this right. The reality and what it is like to escape it. That even now it is sometimes too beautiful to bear.

It's time for me to step up and take control. That's what I've always been used to.

Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel.