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

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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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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'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...

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...

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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....

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.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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

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

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.

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.

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 love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

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

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'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.