I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

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I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter...

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter...

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll...

I'll read a script maybe twice, but I'll think about the role more than I'll...

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a...

I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a...

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you...

The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you...

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.

It's never easy with characters in these dark and grave circumstances but that's my job.

I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.

I have to watch the news or my day is not complete.

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to...

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to...

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a...

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a...

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine....

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine....

And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.

And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.