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" I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me. "

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" When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin. "

" I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people. "

" I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne - Pedro Almodovar wouldn't be too shabby. There are so many good directors, but those are some of my favorites. "

" I've always had a process that I do before I even get to set or go to the location. I work privately, and it almost feels like therapy between me and who I'm playing. So I have this inner life that's there and it gives me a confidence, too, that when I'm playing the role I know every question. "

" When you have a beanpole body, everything looks cute. Like Alexa Chung. I like her style, but she's really tall and skinny, so everything looks good on her. "

" I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with. "

" I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here. "

" I'm always looking for that movie that feels like it's hitting me where I need it. "

" When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do. "

" I like people more undone than made up. Patricia Arquette is the ultimate. She's not anorexic or perfectly tan, she's not trying to be anything but what she is, and that's the most sexy thing. "

" I would always rather do a mediocre script with a great filmmaker than a great script with a mediocre filmmaker. "

" I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy. "

" I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat. "

" What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody. "

" A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them. "

" I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating unless I'm married or engaged. "

" The performances that I love are ones like Gena Rowlands in 'A Woman Under the Influence,' where women are allowed to be messy and imperfect. It's that kind of woman that has always inspired me to seek roles that are a little out of the box. I just haven't always had the opportunity to do them. "

" When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me. "

" I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked. "

" I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that. "

" Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me. "

" When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst. "

" When you're little, you're open to things. It's not like you get into this rehearsed zone when you're a child. At first you play different sides of yourself. And I think it will be really exciting one day to have a character to go into that's not anything like me whatsoever. "

" Everyone goes through a hard time in their life. "

" What are you going to do if it's the end of the world? You better go out having fun instead of stressing about it. "

" It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character. "

" I'm the kind of person who buys a new thing, wears it so much and then is totally sick of it. "

" Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd never had before, or knew I had, to do whatever I want to, and to argue my opinions and not just feel like the cute girl on set or the girl in a boy's club. I figured out how I could be both. And it's been different ever since. "

" I think the best thing about my job is that I have my life documented, which not many people get to have. They have a photo here and there and maybe some video footage from a birthday. My kids will be able to see me growing up. "