I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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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 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 really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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'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.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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...

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.