And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.

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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'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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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...

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.

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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....

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...

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's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

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

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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

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

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.

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'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...