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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See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

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.

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.

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'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 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.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

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

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...

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'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...

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'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.

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...