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

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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...

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...

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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

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

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...

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.

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 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...

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.

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...

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....

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'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.

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.