I'm An Optimist By Nature, Myself, I

You Never In A Million Years Thought That You Would Ever End Up In A Woody Allen Film Even Though That Might Be Your Dream, And There You Are. Suddenly You've Got One. But You're Not Playing The Quintessential Woody Allen Heroine, Which Is Somebody That's Full Of Self-doubt And Heartbreakingly Naïve. Chloe In Match Point Was A Nightmare In Some Ways And Totally Entitled, And Felt Like Everything Was Going To Be All Right. Most Of The Women In Woody Allen Films Feel Like Everything's Awful. I Didn't Understand What To Do. But Some Of The Confusion Is Helpful.

I Had Watched 'alfie,' But I Didn't Consider It A Prerequisite. Michael Caine Was Just Extremely Fabulous. He's One Of The Most Professional Actors I've Ever Worked With. I Guess After A Lifetime Of Doing It, You Know What You're Doing. He's Incredibly Uncomplaining, Undemanding.

The Ratings Thing Is The Real Issue. It Really Hurts Movies. For Example, In Redbelt, I Smoked. The Whole Plot Of My Character Was Based On The Fact That I Was A Smoker. And Then They Discovered That Just By Having Someone Smoking In The Movie, It Immediately Makes The Rating An R. So They Had To Cut Out Every Shot Where I Had A Cigarette In My Hand And It Totally Affected The Performance. That Was Very Frustrating To David Mamet As Well. I Can Remember Him Saying, "it's A Nightmare."

I Borrowed My Friends Car The Other Day In An Attempt To Persuade My Husband That We Needed A Car And Literally This Is True, In The First Day Of Borrowing The Car, I Got Three Tickets And I Rear-ended It.

There's Something Helpful About The Fast Pace Of A Tv Set Where Everything Has To Be Finished By The End Of The Week. You Have To Finish The Episode; It Doesn't Matter How Long You Have To Go On Friday Night, But You Have To Get It Done.