I'd always wanted to act, but it was a question of whether acting wanted me and whether the movies wanted me.

I'm very fond of doing movies where men fight over me. I don't get to do enough.

I think most actors like to be liked.

People say, "Why is it that you love to act?" And you want to say, "Well, most of acting is sitting in your trailer, either bored or worried about the scene coming up." A lot of it is about things you don't really like, so it's a wonder why acting is such a huge draw, why everyone loves it so much.

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

I don't think people have ever cast me for anything too traditional or midwestern or housewifey.

I was always reticent about taking offerings from my father, and I think it was maybe because I felt the caveat was that I had to give something back, and I didn't like that position. But I've never felt incumbent on anyone to kind of keep them lifted or to support them, necessarily. I do that by wish or by option.