I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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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.

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 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.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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...

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.

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'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...

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 love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

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

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...

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 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...

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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.