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..

Being on a Paul Thomas Anderson film, the best decision an actor can make is to listen to Paul Thomas Anderson. Because he's probably not going to st….

I can listen to the same song back-to-back for two to three hours straight. I'm not psycho; I swear. There are some songs I won't listen to any more ….

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 do it when I'm a preparing for a role quite a bit - I sit with music. It helps influence the discovery of something. Then sometimes during filming ….

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

When you do something that people respond to, and then you start altering the blueprint for what worked, it's pretty fear-inducing. But sometimes, yo….

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 film….

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

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