Born on October 4th

"It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work."

"There is always going to be a little bit of me in each character."

"In the field of creativity & art, to create is to take a leap of faith into the quiet canvas of your own imagination."

"Art is the expression of our deepest questions, painted in colors that words cannot reach. As a scientist & scholar, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Every act of creation begins with a willing heart and the courage to make a mistake."

"Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears."

"In the field of creativity & art, to create is to take a leap of faith into the quiet canvas of your own imagination."

"Art is the expression of our deepest questions, painted in colors that words cannot reach. As a scientist & scholar, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Every act of creation begins with a willing heart and the courage to make a mistake."

"A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know."

"I think there's a part of a woman that wants to be the thing that breaks a man down."

"When I did 'The Social Network', David Fincher told me that I managed to make a thankless character pretty awesome. I thought that was really cool because I think he's really cool."

"I think I spent my entire childhood on film sets, surrounded by film-makers and actors and people with magnetic energies who make movies."

"It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident."

"Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary."

"Sometimes I panic to the point where I don't know what I'm thinking or doing. I have a full anxiety attack. I have them all the time anyway, but with auditioning, it's bad."

"The secret is I have no shame."

"When I think about filmmakers and actresses that I have admired my whole life, I've admired their entire body of work."

"My parents had some problems of their own that put me in a position of having to deal with very grown-up stuff at a very young age. I needed some help with that, therapy-wise."

"I feel like everything I wear is a favorite thing. I wouldn't wear something if I didn't love it, and I wouldn't just wear something because someone put me in it."

"I want my outfit to match my mood."

"I've heard stories of people meeting the loves of their lives online, and that's great. But it freaks me out."

"I like a sort of androgynous look, but I also love feminine shapes."

"I'm so happy when I'm working."

"I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling."

"I have bizarre anxiety about being in a city - I have no idea who I am or where I am."

"I love doing improv. I love comedy. I have always felt this way, even when I was really young."

"I'd watch my parents work and think, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' It wasn't even a thing. It's the only thing I know how to do."

"I've only been in long-term relationships. I've never really dated myself."

"I think about my dwindling anonymity, and that's really scary because a very large part of me would be perfectly happy living on a ranch in Colorado and having babies and chickens and horses - which I will do anyway."