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

Quote by Patricia Clarkson

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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.

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.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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

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

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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....

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

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

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.

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.

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...