It's amazing how everyone has their different ways of working. I like hearing about that process, reading about it. I have so much appreciation for movies because I understand how hard it is to make one. There is always something I gain from watching a movie, whether it's a silly romantic comedy or an art film.

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I liked to drive around, just playing music for everyone.

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playing-music

Ive always been very comfortable in a set environment. All the collaborating going on, seeing how actors work - it all excites me.

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working-it environment actors

I guess I knew my dad was into photography, so a part of me was interested in picking it up to understand him a little better.

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dad photography littles

Now that I'm older, I have a much better appreciation of nature, and I love being alone.

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alone nature appreciation love

I like the pharmacy makeup. I always get stuck in that aisle... I've always liked looking at it.

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looking like always makeup

I wanted to be a bartender for a bit.

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bit bartender wanted

Costumes say a lot about a character. When it came to 'Palo Alto,' it was important for me that the kids didn't look perfect. In most teen movies today, all of the clothes are expensive. I remember wearing a lot of dirty vintage clothes.

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look me today character

I love so many directors. I love David O. Russell. I love David Fincher, I love Alexander Payne and Jane Campion and my aunt. Spike Jonze. There are just so many amazing directors.

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amazing just aunt love

I normally wear jeans and sneakers, but given an occasion, I enjoy dressing up.

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dressing wear sneakers enjoy

Movies are a collaboration, I feel, so I didn't think of myself as an authoritative figure as much.

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movies feel myself think

When I was a baby, my mom was always bringing me onto set.

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me always mom baby

I wanted to be a ballet dancer. I was bad - I'm not very coordinated. But I always wished I could have been a dancer.

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been bad always ballet

I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school; he went to theatre school. It's interesting to learn about the technical side of it, but I think it's more important to learn about writing and working with actors.

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movies think important school

I think when you do things outside of what you're interested in, you meet people and get ideas to bring in to whatever it is you love doing the most.

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you love people ideas

After college, I drove across the country twice with friends. It was one of the most fascinating experiences of my life. I find it really inspiring seeing the country that way.

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my-life friends life way

As a teenager, I wanted to be sophisticated and avant-garde, and I was really judgmental. But when you're a teenager, you're fearless because you don't know the repercussions to anything.

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know you judgmental fearless

I don't really wear makeup. I don't like the feeling of it. I just put mascara on, and that's kind of it.

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wear feeling like makeup

I love Serge Lutens orange blossom perfume; my mom got it for me. It's my favorite. It just smells clean.

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blossom me mom love

When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls school where you wore a uniform, and pink hair was not OK.

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pink you hair school

I'm Italian, so I need to get someone to wax my eyebrows, but I'm not so good at keeping it up.

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need get someone good