But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people.

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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...

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

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

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...

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.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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 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 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...

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

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

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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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...