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

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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 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...

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?

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

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

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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 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...

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'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.

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...

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 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.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.