If You Risk Nothing, Then You Risk

After A Couple Of Rehearsals And A Couple Of Takes, Sydney Pollack Says, "come Here. Why Are You Not Nervous?" And I [say], "do You Think It Would Be Better If I Was Nervous?" And He Says, "no, It's Just I Can't Understand It - How You Would Be First Time On A Set, You're Acting, When He Flubs His Line You Make Up A New Line. It's Very Interesting." It's Not That I Think I'm Great; That's What I Knew I Wanted To Do.

We All Know The Huge Problem There Is With Entertainment In General Leaving Out Women. Especially As Actors, We Know There Are Fewer Great Parts For Women.

I Realized That In All The Sectors Of Society Where There's A Huge Gender Disparity, The One Place That Can Be Fixed Overnight Is Onscreen. You Think About Getting Half Of Congress, Or The Presidency ... It's Going To Take A While No Matter How Hard We Work On It. But Half Of The Board Members And Half Of The Ceos Can Be Women In The Next Movie Somebody Makes; It Can Be Absolutely Half.

When I Started Watching Breaking Bad, I Binge-watched It. I Thought It Was So Good That I Started To Cry. It's The Only Time In My Life I've Been Completely Jealous, The Only Time. I Was Like, [imitates Crying] "i Want To Do What Bryan Cranston Gets To Do. I Want A Part Like That." [both Laugh] Isn't That Pathetic?

I Think I Always Had Joie De Vivre. But I Had Pretty Bad Self-esteem Growing Up And Much Of My Adult Life.