People said, That's great for your career, but what have you done? I kept feeling I had to defend myself.
I am so scared of the sea, so what did I do? Learned to scuba in the Great Barrier Reef.
My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.
I'm on Twitter. I created my account for my fans, and I do respond back once in a while, because they're so great.
I would be a terrible director, I could never write anything. One of my great strengths is that I know all of my weaknesses.
The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult.
There's something so great about being with your nephew and, when you're tired, just handing him off back to your sister.
A lot of the jewelry that I wear are fan gifts because they're so awesome and they give me great presents.
But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.
I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.
I think that what trips up a lot of great musicians is that they become involved with too many things that aren't where their strengths lie.
I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.
I've always wanted to go to Australia. I hear it's a great place. I mean, kangaroos are pretty awesome. That's an up factor.
I have such a love of good music that I find even melancholic music uplifting. Maybe I'm a rare breed.
I honestly love nothing better than digging into a really good serialized show, whether it's 'Breaking Bad' or 'Game of Thrones' or 'Justified.'
Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.
A favorite film of mine is 'Office Space' and I love 'The Hangover.' That is a really good comedy from character in that film, and that is true of 'Office Space' too.
I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and matures.
I love the first hour of a horror movie, the fear and anticipation. Then, when it gets bloody, I lose interest.
Part of being a comedian is that it's your job to look at life and regurgitate it in a funny way, to point out its absurdities.
