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

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 she has guided me.

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

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

I always try to approach character first and foremost viscerally.

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

The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business.

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

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

See, the SAG awards caught me totally by surprise.

I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

It's a sad and beautiful world.

Nothing tells you more about an organization than the way it makes decisions.

Language has created a barrier that prevents us from seeing existence as it truly is.

Sometimes the autobiographical link in each story is very literal, like I did work at The Texas School for the Blind, and I did once lose a mattress out of the back of a friend's truck.

I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.

Twelve experts gathered in one room equal one big idiot.

I'm not terribly happy about rock and roll. Certain rock music is uninspiring, numbing; it makes you feel like an idiot.

Inclusive Design can bring together commercial and social benefits

The thing about art is that life is in no danger of being meaningless.

The unconquerable pang of despised love.