And now oddly I'm getting sexier parts than I've ever gotten.

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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...

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'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'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.

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.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.