Each project changes you a bit.
When I booked 'Orange,' I thought things were going to change a little bit, and I'd be a little more busy, but obviously I underestimated it. I don't think anyone knew that my character would be taken to so well.
Actors don't make a project; a project makes the actors.
'Twilight' is such an amazing project, and I think it opened up doors for all of us cast members.
The blessing of having your first project be something as fantastic as 'Girls' is that it gave me room to be selective because I didn't feel pressure to do other things. The curse is that my standards were really high.
When a mother feels cold, she asks the child to wear a sweater. Our concept of poverty is that way. When we do a project and people receive our help, we may think that they are getting benefited, but is this what they really wanted?
I think sometimes celebrities can hurt a candidate. You don't want people to judge them on your last project.
When I go for a project, I wonder what underpinning a project will have that's going to give the audience some emotional access to it.
Who cares and who doesn't care about a project, is going to shape the project in a significant way.
I want to work on impactful projects.
The question of feasibility, the question of cost, the question of including partners elsewhere in the world, the question of the effect of this project on arms agreements - all these issues are in discussion.
I don't want to just add another DVD to the pile. So I think, 'Is this going to have an impact and some lasting value? Is it worth it for me to spend two years of my middle-aged life on this?' They're my criteria, and I think that's led me to more urgent projects.
