I'm not really high-strung now, but I was a very high-strung child.

When my dad needed a shirt ironed, he would yell downstairs to my mother, who would drop everything and iron his shirt.

I was never the ingenue, so hopefully that'll make it easier to age and still work. I know a lot of actors who are really dissatisfied with where they're at even though some of them are huge stars and I feel like, 'Oh, my God, you're at the top.' Something interesting will come. It always does. I have faith.

I'm usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl.

I just love to make a whole roomful of people laugh.

I would do 'American Splendor' and 'About Schmidt' again in a heartbeat.

I love stories that give me a perspective on how easy American life has become in the 21st century.