I realized, "Oh my god, this is an enormous play. And it's almost all me. Big. big chunks of speeches, speeches, speeches." And I started to panic.

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

Take a chance. Take a risk. Find that passion and rekindle it. Fall in love all over again. It`s really worth it.

Bad for the sake of bad is boring to me and not believable.

I'm not crazy about being out of control, and I get emotional when things are unclean. When things are out of order. When things are messy. Because I lived in a mess as a child.

I didn't feel entitled to become a star. I didn't expect it.