"Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability."

"Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is."

"I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be."

"Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury."

"I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience."

"As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive."

"Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right."

"I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science."

"I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters."

"I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good."