I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

Quote by Patricia Clarkson

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Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

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.

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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...

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 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...

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.

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

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

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...

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.