I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects..

If you try to go for a laugh, it's death to the comedy. Personally, that's how I approach comedy. But I'm no expert..

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer..

(Human) beings, in Pagan times would kind of like, listen to the stories and, they could kind of, identify - . They were, like, bigger than them and ….

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives..

It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. A….

If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing — anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really….

I don't know anything about science..

I find Hollywood really toxic..

You know, in America, Christian fundamentalism vs. science. You know, be it teaching Darwinian evolutionary theory or stem cell res- You know, the wh….

L.A. makes you feel ugly..

In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties..

I just kind of muddled through in my 20s. I did whatever I got offered, to be honest, to pay the bills. I didn't really know what I was doing. There ….

When you're doing comedy, you're not trying to be funny. I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously. I think when peo….

As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physica….

I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy..

With a group of people, a troupe of actors in the theater, you go out on tour, and you're like a traveling circus. It's very sociable, and there's a ….

I don't like travelling. Which is ridiculous. And it's not because I'm afraid of dying on the plane or anything. I just like to stay at home..

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience..

I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs..

It is a political thriller. It's very action packed and it's very exciting, but at the same time it's a very big soulful love story about longing and….