Sure, I'm an optimistic, joyous person, but I'm also afraid and insecure.
I rely on music heavily, just in life and in my work.
To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"].
Everyone does things for love.
We don't trust anyone who does anything nice. That's just the sad world we live in.
Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.
Did I really earn this, or did I just wear you all down?
If all of a sudden someone said, 'You have five more kids,' I'd be totally OK with it.
Everyone told me to pass on Speed because it was a 'bus movie.'
There is a difference between executive producing and producing. Producing, you have no life for two years. You take everything personally, you want to kill everyone, you're depressed and angry, and then in the end you feel excited when it actually works. But executive producing, you can go home at the end of the day.
Getting into television was a total fluke.
No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.
I think every human being has a level of melancholy in life and in general.
I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am.
It's nice we work in a place where you're allowed to keep coming back to have new experiences together.
You grow up and share life experiences. That's one of the best parts of this business. You share how you're mellowing out and your new sense of self.
I don't want to be seen as the kind of person who does things and then expects publicity in return.
The acting thing is so beyond my control. Acting isn't mine. You're like a tiny piece in this big, corporate mechanism that needs chemistry and divine intervention.
Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me.
The people I find most beautiful are the ones who aren't trying.
When you have a full page of well-written dialogue that has a thought process to it, it is pretty easy to memorize. It's a lot easier to memorize than if you're in a scene and other people are talking, and you have maybe one word or one sentence that you have to interject at the right time and in a natural way.
I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.
I've been on the floor and I've been heartbroken. I didn't know how I was going to stand up. But I just gave it time.
Yeah, I'm nervous. I'm wearing heels in public for crying out loud.
I think people who do comedy tend to do it well, and to do it painfully and truthfully. So making the leap to drama is easier for them because everything they've done is from pain anyway.
