“Like any child and mother, it's a difficult process, and it didn't have to do with movies and working together, in that sense, ... It was misconstrued as dramatic, like, `You separated from your mother.' Actually, I just moved out of the house.”
“My mom lived a much different airline experience, ... She was working Lufthansa in first class. So it was about passing out the caviar. Claire in this movie was a little bit more blue collar. But the one thing I did figure out is that Claire imagines her life as being as glamorous as my mom's airline life was many years ago.”
“I was excited to do a movie like this because the part is done for you. It's a beautifully-written character. A lot of times you're making it up as you go.”