What I love about the way they both [Paul Thomas Anderson and Joaquin Phoenix] work is that all of the monkey business is on film. There's no monkey ….

I didn’t find it difficult to live in the “Inherent Vice” world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real..

It's weird. I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin..

I don't want to be a basket case on set. I try to sort of quiet all of that, all those thoughts, kinda just let yourself be aware of them when you're….

I find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me..

Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out..

I dont think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything..

I've never had to talk about my work, nobody's given a damn about it - you know, what I thought. I find that I sort of like that, to get to keep it t….

I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other opti….

I look back at my adolescence, and Im shocked at the things I did that were my idea of adult behavior..

Ive always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain..

So when things start going badly, you're invested in the characters in a way I think amplifies the horror and the fear because you're invested..

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life..