Occupation: Film Actress Birth: July 5, 1963
I'm just not one of those people who thought having biological children was that important, to me it was more about wanting to raise a child..
I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that..
I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always fil….
I grew up as a tomboy. I was always barefoot, running races with the guys on the block, climbing trees, and beating kids up..
One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people..
The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough..
I sort of love reading the scripts and going, 'Oh wow, what a great idea. I never would have thought of that..
It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult….
Throughout my career I've played a lot of parts that might've been played by a man. They're human roles rather than specifically men or women. I've n….
My friends started having children after college, while I was pursuing this crazy acting career and living hand to mouth. Plus, all my boyfriends wer….
I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're s….
I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else..
The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it..
There is no question that sobriety has made me a better actor, made me a better person..
I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest..
I actually washed my window once, and it fell through - it was being held together by the dirt..
I don't watch a lot of television..
As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energi….
Writers, actors, anybody working on an ensemble-type thing, there are going to be some creaks in the beginning. It seems like there's tremendous pote….
I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last num….
But I've always been hard to cast, I've never been an ingenue, I've never been the romantic lead. I'm an actor; give me the script and I do what I do….