My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'

Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.

When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.

You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.