If You're Perpetuating Discrimination, You're Perpetuating Inequality.

I Don't Know Why People Are So Reluctant To Say They're Feminists. Could It Be Any More Obvious That We Still Live In A Patriarchal World When Feminism Is A Bad Word?

You Can Choose Who You Want To Be The Hero [in Hard Candy], But Youll Be Second-guessing Yourself -- Theres Just No Right Answer. Our Society Is Obsessed With Finding Good And Finding Evil, But I Think Were All Capable Of Anything.

It's Really Crucial To Achieve That Balance With A Film Like This, Cause It Is Unique And Witty And Then There's The Tendency To Force That. It Becomes Contrived And I Know The Feeling Like, Give Me A Fork That I Can Stab In My Eye In Those Kinds Of Movies.

I Just Love It So Much [acting]. When I Get Passionate, I’ll Give You Everything Until I Collapse. That’s Not In Any ’look At Me, I’m A Saint’ Kind Of Way. It’s Very Selfish In A Way. I’m Doing This Really Awesome Exploration, And It’s Like A Drug, Because I Completely Disappear.

We Became So Close [with Rachel Evan Wood], In The Process Of Leading Up To Making The Film [into The Forest ]. We Were Saying Goodbye To Each Other, Wrapping The Film, And We Knew We'd Be Seeing Each Other Again.