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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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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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.

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 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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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 love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

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

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

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