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

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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....

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 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 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...

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...

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's always harder in a film to convey intimacy.

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

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.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

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 love writers. All of my best friends are writers.

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

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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.