I love everything. I love being the empathetic characters. I love being the villains. I think it's like when we're kids, we like to play all kinds of….

Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for me but for other actresses, h….

I try to always stretch myself to fit the characters that have been presented..

The relationship to the director is becoming more crucial to me, making sure there are some common goals. I haven't been in the kind of position wher….

I ran into Stephen King once in New York a few years ago and outside the Carlyle and he said, "You're in the pink." Which sounded so Stephen King. H….

 My 14-year-old grandniece is not allowed to watch 'American Horror Story' yet..

We all love to hear a good story. We save our stories in books. We save our books in libraries. Libraries are the storyhouses full of all those stori….

When I was in New Orleans, I was in a grocery store and a woman came up to me and she said, "Oh, my daughter's such a big fan of the show." And I sa….

The Oscar changed everything. Better salary, working with better people, better projects, more exposure, less privacy..

Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it. I admire people who have been open like Melissa Ethridge and women I see w….

I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never pretty enough. It was….

A heart can only discover what it really wants with experience..

I hope I look skinnier in 3D. I hope I don't look three times as fat. That'll be disappointing..

I have to pay the bills just like everybody else, but it also pays my soul to work..

I'm not that conservative. I do feel - I guess I'm more of a Democrat at heart, although I've never affiliated myself with a particular party..

O.K., we had women's lib in the '60s, the women fought for their roles, they're out there in the work force. Now let's talk about how they're dealing….

The thing that I've run up against is that it's always been an either-or proposition, especially in Hollywood. You're either young and glamorous and ….

My mother used to tell this corny story about how the doctor smacked me on the behind when I was born and I thought it was applause, and I have been ….

Drama comes more naturally to me. It's the comedy you really have to delve into..

I think that being in an environment is a much richer experience than just working on a soundstage..

I'm a horror movie fan to begin with, so to come back to the genre, I feel like horror has been very good to me..