I just don't plan things. I live a month at a time.

It usually takes about two and a half weeks after you're done filming where you kind of return to yourself again.

I've always done roles that really appealed to me on a gut level and which I found inspiring.

I hope my talent has something to do with it. I just think this business is so crazy. I obviously do the best I can, and the directors I admire see something in me. But this is a strange business, and there are people who are incredibly talented who never make it, who never get these opportunities. So that's why I say I'm lucky. I don't feel that I'm not talented - I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

When I find a role I want to play, I just go after it.

I think Robert Altman could see things in me that I didn't know I possessed, which is really exciting. He also instilled a tremendous amount of confidence, because he would say things like, "These are the bare bones, but I want you to go fill it out. You find the character. You bring it to me. You write whatever you want." And if you had an idea, he wouldn't want to hear about it. He's want you to show it to him.