If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

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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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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.

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'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 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 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...

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.

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....

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.