Films are always different from books.
The complexity of the situation of having a war going on around you and what that delivers to you is that you have to figure out which side to take.
I don't take any photographs. I travel a lot by myself, and I feel weird taking photos on my own.
I don't think many people can say they've been the lead in a Spielberg film and still been able to live their normal life that they had before.
I excelled in English while I was at school.
I think I have much more appreciation for directing and movies overall versus a performance or an actor. Their body of work is more interesting.
I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.
Our business,The Producers Guild, has a good record in some areas, and a bad record in others. There are many well-intentioned people trying to change things. The Producers Guild has been committed to this for years now, and I think personally does more than any other guild to give opportunities to people who come from outside of, I guess you'd call it, the expected avenues for advancement.
As I was getting into the helicopter, a slightly nervous actor said to me, "Whatever you do, don't say to the helicopter pilot, 'Show me what this baby can do. '" So I of course, got into it and said, "Show me what this baby can do. " And we just had this insane helicopter ride. It's the sort of thing you only get to do on movie sets. I'm so lucky to have done it and have that chance.
Look, Matisse I ain't. You know how they have on the invitations, a reception for the artist will be held at. . . And I say, Look, you gotta change this. I'm not an artist. I'm a photographer, a skilled craftsman.
For me it's about the character, not as much about the genre of it [movie]. I'm excited that I get to work and play interesting characters and I'm not just the girl who gets to play the girlfriend or the wife. I get to play real women who have struggles and troubles and passions and that's always what I hope to do no matter what format that lies in.