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

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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...

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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.

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'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....

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'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...

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 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...

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 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...

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

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

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

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

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...

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 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...

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

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

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.