Like a lot of films at the end of 2008, they hit a wall with financing, which is why I moved back onto 'Stone.' In doing so, I had to let go of 'The Beautiful and the Damned,' to at least give them an opportunity to move forward with somebody else.

A film is different than a script. The text of the script is what it is.

The worst thing for a filmmaker is for a film to be labeled as pretentious or heavy-handed.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

When I was a child, my parents didn't know anything about drugs. They didn't even drink.

Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that I was an actress and no one could have convinced me that I wasn't!

What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'

All parents remember the moment when they first held their children - the tiny crumpled face, an entire new person, emerging from the hospital blanket.