Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.

I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.

I always think the most romantic books or films are the ones where the romance doesn't happen, because it makes your heart ache so much watching it.

I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Everyone dreams of living in Paris.

Cute is when a person's personality shines through their looks. Like in the way they walk, every time you see them you just want to run up and hug them.

I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.

When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.

Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.

My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.

Awards are so unnecessary because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself.

When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.