Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

I've always laughed at the term "female director" or even "black director." A director's a director.

I'm very fortunate to have the privilege of working with directors like Bill Condon and Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

My sister is an ER doctor and my brother is a teacher.

All you 'Twilight' fans, can't thank you really enough for being so supportive. You're real cool people.

I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.

Mara Casey gave me my first job. I saw something online, and it was for a part in a "Gilmore Girls" episode, and I thought I was right for it.

Nothing I do is salacious or provocative or shocking for the sake of that.

My sister is an ER doctor, and my brother is a teacher.

I'm constantly questioning the effects technology has had on our lives and the effect that monetary debt has had on all of us. We keep this as a dark little secret: 'This is how much interest I owe.'

What I want is so simple I almost can’t say it: elementary kindness.

As my creator, God knows better than I do what will truly make me happy.

I was famous from the age of 13, and after a while you become immune to it - in a good way. You look at positives and what you can do with it.

Time is running out for Iran to address the international community's growing concerns about its nuclear program.

Psychiatrist to patient: Maybe you don't have a complex. Maybe you are inferior.

Dating is pressure and tension. What is a date, really, but a job interview that lasts all night?

Any way, any form necessary to defend himself; Negro should reserve the right to do that just the same as others have the right to do it.

It's hard to fathom the psychology of the economics of art. I don't quite understand it, and I don't necessarily want to understand it.

I've never been afraid of big moments. I get butterflies.. I get nervous and anxious, but I think those are all good signs that I'm ready for the moment.

Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.