I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.

If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.

Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.

Everything's cyclical. Having been raised by actors, I watched their careers, and the challenge is to take time off.

If you're looking to be loved for a part, it's great and enticing to be adorable in a romantic comedy. But then, as an actor, you get stuck.

My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.