An actress in a film starts every day with an hour and a half in front of a mirror, with hair and make-up and costumes.

I started out in stand-up, so it's very satisfying to make people laugh, but it usually means at your own expense.

In the early part of my life I carried the flame for fiery women: perky women who were not dumb.

I became an actor because I couldn't not.

Show me the story. I just want to tell a story that pulls me forward.

I just live in the truth and think that every moment counts.

I think it's a great thing that women went out in droves to see Sex and the City movie. I think it's wonderful and I think women have always shown they're looking both to be entertained and challenged in a theatre. I don't think women are afraid of movies that make them think; make them feel sad. The movies that I've been associated with are not exactly Sex and the City but women are leading the way to the theatre on those. They used to call it a date movie where the girl gets to choose.