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

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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.

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...

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

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

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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...

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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

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

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

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

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 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'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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.