I'm not very comfortable being an actorvist so to get to do something that I believe in is a much more comfortable way for me to be political.

There was a courtroom scene where my son is convicted of killing Kevin Spacey's character. I find the bloody T-shirt and realize my husband did it. I get up the courage to take the shirt and send it to the police as evidence. I go out of the house for the first time. There was all this stuff I had to do that became quite truncated, because they slimmed down the movie. I understand the American Beauty is brilliant without all that stuff, but for me, personally, it was hard to see all that go.

Aaron Sorkin wrote me one of the best female roles on television, I think. He's a wonderful writer for all people. If he chooses to write, hopefully he'll write something that involves more women next time, because I would love to do it.

I can tell when men are threatened by my height.

The pre-shoot days are so relaxed and fun and the writers are laughing. I love the rehearsal process.

I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.

I like people trying to do two things at once.