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

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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.

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.

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

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

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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'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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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 love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

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...