Ambition can be a disease, and it feeds on itself.

The quality of life decreases with heightened security.

I don't like getting patted down and taking off my shoes at the airport.

I never had any desire to become a well-known actress.

I don't want to be the front for somebody else's creativity and sell that day in, day out.

I think it is the weak and the young and the minorities that you need to look after to get a healthy creative environment - to get a lot of choices, a lot of different styles of music, a lot experimental stuff that everyone else feeds off.

Behind the ambitious, creative talent that is Hollywood lies a darker side of the entertainment industry little appreciated by the ordinary moviegoer. It's an opaque world of film financing, revenue accretion, and minimal profit share.

During college, in Los Angeles, I interned all over Hollywood. Development roles appealed to me; they were a perfect blend of business and creativity.