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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...

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

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

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...

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'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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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.

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'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.