I just have a thing for writers. Maybe it because I'm just so not a writer.

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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...

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's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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?

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...

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'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.

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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.

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.