When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

Paddy Chayefksy was writing and it was a time where everybody was happy to be there [on TV].

A Woman Under the Influence was my favorite. I loved doing that. And it was challenging.

It was more freedom than I think most people get when they're starting out - or even when they're not starting out. He [John Cassavetes] did his thing and I did whatever I thought.

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

I love independent filmmaking. I don't agree with a lot of it, but that's the point.