"It was the best thing that happened to me all week - to say the very
least...I was so flattered. I thanked him and told him how much I hoped
we would have a chance to work together one day." - talking about when
she was complimented by actor Jake Gyllenhaal shortly after arriving in
Hollywood. Just three weeks later, she was working with him on
Moonlight Mile (2002)!!
On her character Meredith Grey - 'She's smart enough to make her way
through medical school but she can't figure out that she can't sleep
with strangers all the time.'
I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.
I think having my mother die at such a very young age - when she was 33 - I appreciate life so much.