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

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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 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 don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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...

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...

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

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

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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

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

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

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

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...

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

Holly Hunter has been doing great work forever.

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.

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...

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.

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 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.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.