The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

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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.

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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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'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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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...