The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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'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.

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...

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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 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'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...

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

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

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.

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....

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 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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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

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