I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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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...

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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.

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...

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.

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

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

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.

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

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

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'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.

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.

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...

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.