I wear a lot of boyish stuff, but I prefer to throw a fur coat on top just for the hell of it.

I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.

The first two or three movies I did, I'd be around famous co-stars and totally pretend like I didn't care, but inside, I was shaking. I've been weaning myself off that.

I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.

Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.

I think Julianne Moore is the most radiantly beautiful human being and isn't messing with nature too much. She seems like a woman who treats her body like a temple. I cannot relate to that!

If I had criteria, it would just be that I want to play active people who can solve problems, not people who have things thrust in their lap and need somebody to solve their problems for them.

I've just sort of jumped into relationships and moved in with people way too soon.

It's a hard thing to explain to other people because it sounds very superficial and nepotistic, but doing the interview is actually a very deep, dream-fulfilling aspect of relationship.

I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it's a holiday devoted to food, and that warms the cockles of my being.

I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.

Step into the spotlight and rock the brand of you!

When you write something down, it stays forever.It's like a little part of you that you're giving to the universe

I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't.

One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.

Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.

When you accept everything for what it is without labels you are outside of your ego.

What would happen if we listened to children as much as we talked to them?

Wisdom is something that comes, little by little, through a lot of listening.

The sound and just the fact that it was different from the piano, yet it still had some familiarity [made my fascinated with accordion].

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.