I think as an actress, I prefer having a character on the page. It allows you to be more invested in actually creating a whole person. It's easier when you're not trying to come up with your next line on the spot.

I like people who love books and movies and art and want to talk about it all the time, because that's basically what I want to talk about. Intellectuals that are funny.

I'm interested in the feeling of getting to zero after a play, like you're never going to do it again. That's a really scary feeling.

We would go down to Riverside, California, which is very poor now, but that's where my grandfather grew up. He grew up during the Depression in Riverside.

In relationships, you learn a million things. I'm sure a therapist can tell you about it.

I'm far too middle-class to morally object to a paying job.

I had dreams, but I didn't have the sense that they would necessarily work out. They seemed very far-fetched.