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

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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 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 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.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

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

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'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...

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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

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

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'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 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...

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 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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

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...

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

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