My definition of a friend is somebody who adores you even though they know the things you're most ashamed of.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well.

As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.

I just want to make movies. I really love movies. I want to be involved with them.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.

All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.