I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a sense of humor.

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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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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'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.

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

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

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

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

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'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...

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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 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...

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.