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" I try to be a good shiksa wife. I go to Central Synagogue in New York. "

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" I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm. "

" In a world and a life that moves so fast, photography just makes the sound go out and it makes you stop and take a pause. Photography calms me. "

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" There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk. "

" As I've gotten older, I've really wanted to find more balance and calm. "

" I do everything in this life-or-death way. "

" Love is the hardest habit to break, and the most difficult to satisfy. "

" Having fun is fantastic, and I never want to lose a sense of that - and also, I think, you have to have that to put into your work, or else it's going to feel stiff. "

" I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way. "

" I did love horror films from the '70s and '80s. That was my sweet spot. "

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" I want people to love me, but it's not going to hurt me if they don't. "

" Of course I want to look good in clothes. And it never makes me feel good when somebody who has an insane figure tells me, 'I eat whatever I want.' "

" It wasn't my choice to be an open book, but when people found out what my life was like when I was 14 or 15, I didn't deny it. I think the more imperfect you are, the more human you are. "

" I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life. "

" And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity. "

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" I hate flatscreens. I don't want to see anything in that much pixilation. I don't need to see the pimple on someone's face. I love the world through glass. The more old, dusty and tainted that glass is, the prettier and more impressionistic that is to me. I don't need to see everything perfectly. I don't like it. "

" I've produced and gotten to do a lot of optimistic love stories, and that was so where I was at for 10 years in my life. And now I feel like, Okay, now I know how to do that. I want to get scared again; I want to feel the way I felt when I started my company, when I started producing. "

" There are a lot of us little gypsies out there that need to go and find another place you know. A safer, healthier or just a different venue in order to develop and find ourselves. I am so lucky to live the life that I do. "

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" I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?' "

" I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning. "

" Internet does not equal sodium pentothal. "

" The way things have gone in my life, sure, I could have been a bitter person. But I just find bitter people really un-fun, you know? And who wants to be that person? "

" I'm so in control of my life, you shouldn't dislike anything I do-because I'm not only in the best place I've ever been, but it keeps getting better and better. "

" I was 14 when I moved into my own apartment. I was so scared. I didn't know anything. "