I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally..

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

I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director..

At the core, I am an actress. And I think, in a way, that's a good thing in that I am, I think, empathetic and sympathetic to the film. I would never….

I will say from the outset, I think if you're great, you're great from the very beginning. And because I do think it is innate and I do think it is a….

And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and sh….

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride..

I have walked away from enormous amounts of money and I have made that life I have wanted somewhat in this business. I love doing independent film, I….

That's the hardest part of acting: when it is ultra-personal, when it is deeply personal, and there's no lying involved. You can't fake it, you can't….

I try to take off the rose-colored glasses and view it in all facets, but I probably would be lying if I didn't say that probably the way in for a fi….

In 8th grade I started doing theatre and I remember it was as though I had taken a trip to a foreign land that I had never seen before yet felt compl….

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

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

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

Talent is a very potent aphrodisiac. When someone is incredibly gifted, I find them incredibly sexy..

I don't like a lot of rehearsing..

But no, had I been successful in my 20s I would have been just fine. But it is nice to defy the odds..

I really haven't joined the 20th or the 21st century yet. Someday. I'm getting closer. I have voicemail and a fax machine..

I like to think of myself as a free spirit. I've never married. I'm not conventional in that way. But I do like romance. I've been fortunate enough t….

Even though I'm a free spirit, I like to keep my friends and my lovers separate. I have extraordinary friends, but I don't want to see them naked..

But I have had the luxury of working on good films with great people..