I Hate Parties. I Don't

I Loved Acting As A Kid Because I Was Kind Of Shy, So It Brought Me Out Of Myself.

One Of The Reasons That I Do A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Pictures Is Because I Learn A Lot When I'm Doing Them.

I Loved Acting As A Kid Because I Was Kind Of Shy, So It Brought Me Out Of Myself. Acting For Kids Is Like Playing House, You Know? But Growing Up In Hollywood, It Just Made It Seem Possible. It Wasn't Like Some Idea Of Going To Hollywood; It Was In My Backyard. I Lived Two Blocks From Grauman's Chinese Theatre Growing Up. It Was What People Did. It's An Industry Town. So It Wasn't Some Far-off Fantasy, It Was Like "oh Yeah, When You Grow Up, You Do This Because That's What People Do Here."

I Think Robert Altman Could See Things In Me That I Didn't Know I Possessed, Which Is Really Exciting. He Also Instilled A Tremendous Amount Of Confidence, Because He Would Say Things Like, "these Are The Bare Bones, But I Want You To Go Fill It Out. You Find The Character. You Bring It To Me. You Write Whatever You Want." And If You Had An Idea, He Wouldn't Want To Hear About It. He's Want You To Show It To Him.

I Just Don't Plan Things. I Live A Month At A Time.