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

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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...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...

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,...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

I prefer to commit 100 per cent to a movie and make fewer films, because...

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

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

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...

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 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 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 am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

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...

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

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

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

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.