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

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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...

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 think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

I think it's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

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

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

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 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...

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.

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

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

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white...

I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white...

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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....