I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.

You know, Boston people are full of sauce.

Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.

My mother came from an Irish family of 11 kids and, of course, had a sister who was a nun, so I spent time at a convent and with an aunt and uncle who lived in New York and took me to the theater.

Really, I don't care if people think I'm too skinny. This is my body. If they don't like it, screw it.

You can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.

Losing love is like organ damage. It's like dying. The only difference is, death ends. This? It can go on forever.