I'm obsessed. I've always needed to know what's going on but now it's a must.

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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'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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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 really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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.

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.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

New Orleans. Born and raised. I lived there until I was 19.

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.

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 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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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