My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full and significant.

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So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships...

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships...

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to...

I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...