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

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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....

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

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

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

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

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

I don't like a lot of rehearsing.

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 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'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...

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 always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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...

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

Well did graduate summa cum laude from Fordham University.

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 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 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'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.

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'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...

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.