There's something about a catharsis that is very important.

You have to love the characters you play, even if no one else does.

Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do.

It is an odd paradox that a society, which can now speak openly and unabashedly about topics that were once unspeakable, still remains largely silent when it comes to mental illness.

I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought it was very dated.

I had a dresser who literally squeezed me in like Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind.

I'm an actor, that's my contribution.