As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

The level of sacrifice in the world of dancing is incredibly intense, that work ethic if nothing else - get up, go to class, rehearsal, performance, get up, go to class - that's your life, and it's like that for a finite time, usually.

As I get older, I want to draw on my experience to make roles better. I see that in the older women who inspire me - their experience makes them better.

When I started drama school, theatre was the main draw. I never had any movie star notions. Not that there were family ties to the theatre, either.

People at a point of conflict are always the most interesting stories to tell.

I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room.

People can be a bit flagrant when they're having an affair. Most of the time, there's an element of it where they want to be discovered because they're in crisis. They need the boil to be burst, in some way, for a resolution.