McDormand is an incredible gift to the cinema, ... There's something so organic about her character, straight from the gut.

I had big dreams when I came here, but this is an incredibly amazing gift, ... If somebody had told me then that this would have happened one day, I would have laughed in their face.

I guess because I pay so much attention to the physical part of the character, I don't look upon it as like Charlize Theron up there. I don't think of them as like Charlize Theron films.

I mean, I'm new but I've always been very interested in film making process and I've been lucky enough to work with film makers in my past that have been very encouraging to let me hang around. I get so emotionally vested - that the producer part of me was natural.

I'd love to get pajamas. Good, nice and warm flannel ones.

My mom has made it possible for me to be who I am. Our family is everything. Her greatest skill was encouraging me to find my own person and own independence.