Jemima Kirke

I go to Florida sometimes for vacation. I actually really like Florida. It's a weird place, it's surreal. It's so close, but you feel like you're in another world or on an island.

When you're literally carrying a child you can cut back on bad habits.

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

That's what I paint, I paint people. They're portraits, but you won't always be pleased with the way you look in my paintings. Which is fine, I guess. Unless you're buying it, and it's of your kid!

I want lots of kids and I want a garden and I hope to stay married to my husband. I hope to be working in some way that fulfils me.

My opinions of which of my works are good are vastly different than other people's. There is one that I'm obsessed with but I swear... no one else has ever even commented on it. So I'm a bit shy to draw attention to it.

But I'm interested in the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. I hear there are some of the worst Matisses there. I like seeing bad art by good artists. It's inspiring. I'm able to identify with them. It makes them real.

I have to remember that for the most part people will see me for what I do, not what I say I do.

Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.

I don't have the passion for acting that actors might have.

Acting is secondary - I don't feel like it's going to stick around because it's not something I want to do forever. My art has always been my top priority and I have far more experience in that field than I do in film.

By the way, I'm funniest when I'm not being funny. I'm better to laugh at than with, pretty much.