That’s one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. less than 1 minute read
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. less than 1 minute read
Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part. less than 1 minute read
Making movies is a very different experience in a lot of ways. It’s difficult when you’re used to owning the copyright and having a landlord’s possessory rights - I rent my plays to the companies that do them and, if I’m upset, I can pull the play. But the only two directors I’ve worked with are pretty great. less than 1 minute read
To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings they experience everyday, and otherwise wouldn’t have the means to express in a meaningful and useful way. less than 1 minute read
I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I’m in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don’t know who they’re talking to. I have a lot of common experiences. less than 1 minute read
I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons. less than 1 minute read
People were being so mean as a result of my ability - a gift, really. So I think that’s what makes me fight harder to provide an option to aspiring kids or artists. I wouldn’t want anyone to go through what I went through… to see a little girl or a little dancer experience such unnecessary rejection. less than 1 minute read
The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn’t find a place for myself, for years and years. less than 1 minute read
