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

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Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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

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

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's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

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

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...

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.

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....

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.

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'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'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 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...

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 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 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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.